BEIJING; On August 7, 2022, China announced further exercises in the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean peninsula in addition to continuing its live-fire military drills in the vicinity of Taiwan for a fourth day.
A day after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit, which was the highest-level visit in 25 years, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Thursday began unprecedented four-day live-fire drills in six regions bordering Taiwan. On Sunday, the drills were supposed to be finished.
During the recent exercises, conventional missiles were fired over Taiwan for the first time, and hundreds of Chinese planes and vessels crossed the Taiwan Strait's middle line.
Separately, Chinese authorities declared on Sunday that they would also conduct live-fire military drills between China and the Korean peninsula in the Yellow and Bohai seas. According to the Maritime Safety Administration, the Yellow Sea exercises began on Sunday and will last until August 15, while the Bohai Sea practise will take place from Monday until September 8.
The drills, according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, were probably "a hypothetical simulated attack" on Taiwan. A record 68 aircraft and 13 warships, some of which crossed the Taiwan Strait median line, were alleged to have been tracked by Taiwan on Friday, while 20 PLA aircraft and 14 PLA vessels were believed to have been recorded by Taiwan on Sunday.
With the waters and airspace around Taiwan being closed throughout the exercises, Chinese military analysts hailed the drills as carrying out an effective blockade and as heralding a new normal in China's military activity surrounding Taiwan.
The southern and eastern exercise zones were off the coasts of the ports of Kaohsiung and Hualien, while two of the exercise zones were off the coasts of Taipei and Keelung.
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