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Newshour: 04/08/2022 20:06 GMT: Taiwan: US says Chinese military exercises unnecessary

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04/08/2022 20:06 GMT: Taiwan: US says Chinese military exercises unnecessary

Taiwan: US says Chinese military exercises unnecessary

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US has reiterated China had no reason to react aggressively to Mrs Pelosi's to Taiwan.

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The National Security spokesman, John Kirby, has reiterated that Beijing had no reason to react aggressively to the visit of Speaker Pelosi to Taiwan. We speak to a journalist in Taiwan about what people there make of Mrs Pelosi's visit and if they are concerned about Chinese military exercises; and, Steve Chabot, a Republican Congressman and Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Taiwan Caucus, if Mrs Pelosi made the right decision to visit Taiwan. 

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(Photo: The Ground Force under the Eastern Theatre Command of China"s People"s Liberation Army (PLA) conducts a long-range live-fire drill into the Taiwan Strait, from an undisclosed location in this handout released on August 4, 2022. Credit: Reuters)

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