China says military exercises in Taiwan are complete

China says it has completed military exercises around Taiwan, which lasted for a week after a visit to the self-government island by American politician Nancy Pelosi.

Marine and air operations were successful, China's military said, which pledged to continue patrolling in Taiwan's Strait.

Peloss ' short trip angered Beijing, which views Taiwan as a breakaway province to rejoin the continent ʹ by force, writes the BBC, broadcast Clankosova.tv.

Taiwan has accused China of using training as a practice for an invasion.

The island government rejects Chinese claims of sovereignty and finds itself unique from the continent. Beijing seeks to isolate the island internationally.

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top American official to land in Taiwan since the 1990s, has rejected China's warnings not to make the visit last week, raising tensions.

Four days of real - fire training were followed by attacks on submarines and tests of the naval raid as part of China's violent response.

Taiwan's Defence Ministry said 36 Chinese military planes and 10 ships were still operating around the Strait Wednesday.

On Wednesday, China's Taiwan Affairs Office refused to rule out using force to retake the island.

“We will be forced to take drastic measures to respond to the provocation of separatist elements or outside forces, if they ever cross our red line”, it is said in Taiwan's first white letter in more than 20 years.

An overwhelming majority of people in Taiwan -- a democracy with a free media -- oppose any kind of union with communist-dominated China, recent polls show.