China drills as US lawmakers visit Taiwan

Updated August 15 2022 - 6:38pm, first published 6:35pm
US lawmakers, led by senator Ed Markey (L), arrived in Taipei on an unannounced visit on Sunday. (AP PHOTO)
US lawmakers, led by senator Ed Markey (L), arrived in Taipei on an unannounced visit on Sunday. (AP PHOTO)

China's military says it carried out more exercises near Taiwan as a group of US lawmakers visited the Chinese-claimed island and met President Tsai Ing-wen, in what Beijing said was an infringement of its sovereignty.

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