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China responds to US provocations on Taiwan question

AS the US continued its provocation to China by sending a delegation of five lawmakers to China's Taiwan region, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command organized multi-unit joint combat readiness patrols and real-combat drills in the sea areas and airspace around the Taiwan island on Monday, serving as a firm response and solemn deterrent to the provocation and collusion between the US and the Taiwan island.

Some Chinese experts warned that it's highly dangerous that the US government is playing with fire in challenging China on its core interests, and more lawmakers not only from the US but also from other Western countries may follow suit. It's necessary to impose sanctions on those who have trampled on the one-China principle, and at the same time, the PLA's military exercises and training activities surrounding the island are expected to become routine until reunification, some experts said.

AMERICAN ARRIVALS (From left) United States House Representatives Alan Lowenthal, John Garamendi, Don Beyer and Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen pose with Taiwanese diplomat Douglas Yu-tien Hsu (center) after the lawmakers arrived at Sungshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. TAIWAN’S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PHOTO VIA AP