Chinese countermeasures to Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, including the cancellation of three Sino-US military talks, are "fully reasonable, appropriate and moderate", said the Defense Ministry on Monday morning. "The countermeasures are the necessary warning to the provocations from the US and Taiwan region, as well as the justifiable defense of the national sovereignty and security," said Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense. His comments came after China announced eight countermeasures on Friday in response to the United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan island. Those measures involved three key bilateral military