New Delhi: As tensions between Washington and Beijing rise, China’s military vowed on Tuesday to carry out “targeted military actions” in response to Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan.

China’s Defense Ministry is on high alert and will launch a series of targeted military operations as countermeasures, and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, spokesperson for the ministry Wu Qian said on Tuesday, following the arrival of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi in China’s Taiwan region, reports CGTN.