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Taiwan holds drills amid Pelosi visit concern, China tension

FILE - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks with reporters ahead of a planned vote in the House that would inscribe the right to use contraceptives into law, a response to the conservative Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington on July 21, 2022. Taiwan’s capital staged air raid drills Monday, July 25, 2022 and its military mobilized for routine defense exercises coinciding with concerns over a forceful Chinese response to a possible visit to the island by Pelosi. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Taiwanese people take cover inside of a basement shelter during the Wanan air raid drill, in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, July 25, 2022. Taiwan’s capital staged air raid drills Monday and its military mobilized for routine defense exercises, coinciding with concerns over a forceful Chinese response to a possible visit to the island by U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) Taiwanese people run to a basement shelter during the Wanan air raid drill, in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, July 25, 2022. Taiwan’s capital staged air raid drills Monday and its military mobilized for routine defense exercises, coinciding with concerns over a forceful Chinese response to a possible visit to the island by U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) A Taiwan's soldier guides people to a basement shelter during the Wanan air raid drill in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, July 25, 2022. Taiwan’s capital staged air raid drills Monday and its military mobilized for routine defense exercises, coinciding with concerns over a forceful Chinese response to a possible visit to the island by U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) People are guided by Taiwan's soldiers to a basement shelter during the Wanan air raid drill in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, July 25, 2022. Taiwan’s capital staged air raid drills Monday and its military mobilized for routine defense exercises, coinciding with concerns over a forceful Chinese response to a possible visit to the island by U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Taiwan holds drills amid Pelosi visit concern, China tension