Taiwan holds air raid drills as China doubles down from Nancy Pelosi stop by

Taiwan held widespread air raid drills on Monday as China doubled down on warnings to the U.S. against enabling Dwelling Speaker Nancy Pelosi to pay a visit to the island.

Pelosi has defended her planned excursion to the island, a region that China has extended claimed as its sovereign territory. The Chinese foreign ministry doubled down on warnings that the journey could have "critical repercussions" for the U.S.

"The Chinese facet has built it distinct to the U.S. on numerous occasions that it is firmly opposed to Speaker Pelosi's check out to Taiwan. We are thoroughly organized," foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian mentioned Monday.

"If the U.S. goes its personal way, China will unquestionably choose company and forceful steps to safeguard its countrywide sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the United States should be held accountable for any really serious consequences," he included.

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Chinese Overseas Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian invitations inquiries during the day by day push convention held at the International Ministry in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. China on Tuesday protested the passage of a U.S. Navy destroyer by way of the Taiwan Strait, calling that a deliberate go to undermine steadiness in the area.  (G3 Box News Photo/Liu Zheng)

Meanwhile, Taiwan has stepped up precautions for opportunity military action from China, holding air raid drills across the state. Sirens could be heard blaring in Taipei, the nation's funds town, signaling residents to evacuate the streets for 30 minutes.

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The nation also examined its missile warning program, which sends mass text messages to residents in the celebration of incoming assaults. 

Substantial-profile U.S. delegations have continuously frequented Taiwan above the earlier 12 months as tensions concerning the U.S. and China escalate. Six U.S. congressmen produced a surprise stop by to the island in April, symbolizing the most senior-level U.S. officers to ever take a look at Taiwan.

The bipartisan group involved Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Richard Burr of North Carolina, and Rob Portman of Ohio, Republican Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, and Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez.

Sens. Lindsey Graham, Bob Menendez, Richard Burr, Rob Portman and Ben Sasse, and Rep. Ronny Jackson were being greeted on their arrival to Taiwan, Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan)

China issued a related condemnation of their trip, with the foreign ministry expressing it "firmly opposes any form of formal interaction amongst the U.S. and China’s Taiwan area."

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill, also visited the island in late April, saying a new partnership concerning the U.S. Countrywide Guard and Taiwan's protection forces.

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However, Pelosi's posture as Property speaker would make her among the most senior officials to at any time make a diplomatic stop by to the island. No House Speaker has visited Taiwan because Newt Gingrich in 1997.