The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on Tuesday, AFP and the Chinese media CGTN report. The president of the US House of Representatives arrived on the island on Tuesday afternoon, despite threats of retaliation from China.

According to this source, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that this arrival sends “wrong signals” to the separatist forces, who want to gain independence from Taiwan, which China opposes. The protests were directed at Americans, add the Chinese authorities, according to CGTN, denouncing Beijing’s “extremely dangerous” attitude of the United States.

“The United States … is trying to use Taiwan to contain China,” China’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

In the statement, China adds that Washington “continually distorts, obscures and makes meaningless the one-China principle, intensifies its official exchanges with Taiwan and encourages separatist Taiwan ‘independence’ activities. These actions, like playing with fire, are extremely dangerous. .”

Also, just before Nancy Pelosi’s arrival, CGTN announced that “Chinese Su-35 fighter jets” are “crossing the Taiwan Strait.”

For its part, the state media globaltimes announces that military exercises will begin on Thursday, in response to the American visit.