Nancy Pelosi Taiwan Visit: China Launches Social Media Blitz To Showcase Military Muscle. Watch

The US has not yet announced Nancy Pelosi's visit, but the US military has deployed aircraft carriers and fighter jets to Japan and its controlled island of Guam near the Taiwan border.

Heavy movement of armoured vehicles and military equipments near the border with island nation (Source: Twitter/@yin_sura)

New Delhi: Amid the growing tensions over US House Speaker Nancy Palosi's visit to Taiwan, several videos surfaced online with heavy movement of armoured vehicles and military equipments was seen near the border with island nation that China claims as its own territory. A Chinese social media user "Yin Sura" shared a video on his Twitter handle in which armoured vehicles can be seen on a busy road.

In Fujian right now😯😯 pic.twitter.com/hHxfPTDQEo

— Yin Sura 尹苏拉 (@yin_sura) August 2, 2022

Meanwhile, according to the news agency Reuters' report, US has positioned warships, including an aircraft carrier, in waters east of Taiwan on what the U.S. Navy called routine deployments on Tuesday.

A U.S. Navy official told to Reuters, "The carrier USS Ronald Reagan had transited the South China Sea and was currently in the Philippines Sea, east of Taiwan and the Philippines and south of Japan."

"While they are able to respond to any eventuality, these are normal, routine deployments," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

On Monday, a video was released by the Eastern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on social media platforms showcasing PLA carrying out several aggressive military exercises.

The subtitles in the video (translated to English) urges troops to “stand by in battle formation, be ready to fight upon command, bury all incoming enemies”.

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) shifts gears in light of Pelosi's potential #Taiwan visit. #PelosiVisit
(Video via the Sina Weibo account of the PLA's Eastern Theater Command) pic.twitter.com/Cxw8VHzuyS

— Beijing Review (@BeijingReview) August 2, 2022

The US has not yet announced Nancy Pelosi's visit, but the US military has deployed aircraft carriers and fighter jets to Japan and its controlled island of Guam near the Taiwan border. Nancy Pelosi comes third after President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris in the ranks of US President. 

After 1997, she will be the highest US official who will visit Taiwan. The Chinese army has started vigorous maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait to intimidate Nancy Pelosi. At the same time, it has banned the movement of passenger planes in this area.