A TV news shows a map marking the areas where China is conducting live fire exercises near Taiwan, at a beauty salon in Taipei. / PHOTO: AP ( Headline USA ) Taiwan canceled airline flights Thursday as China fired missiles near the self-ruled island in retaliation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ‘s grandstanding, self-serving visit, adding to the risk of disruptions in the flow of Taiwanese-made processor chips needed by global telecom and auto industries.
China ordered ships and planes to avoid military drills that encircled Taiwan, which the mainland’s ruling Communist Party claims as part of its territory. The Hong Kong newspaper The South China Morning Post called the drills an “effective Taiwan blockade.”
Beijing announced “live-fire exercises” after Pelosi arrived Tuesday for a one-day visit, defying warnings from Beijing and the White House. It earlier banned imports of hundreds of Taiwanese food items including fish, fruit and cookies.
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