The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced a new round of invasive military drills around Taiwan on Aug. 8, further compressing the island’s sea and air space.
The announcement came just one day after the scheduled end of the CCP’s largest ever military exercises around the island, ostensibly launched in protest against a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) last week.
China’s Eastern Theater Command, which oversees the portion of the mainland closest to Taiwan, said the new joint drills would focus on anti-submarine and sea assault operations. In an unprecedented escalation, the CCP also said that it would now regularly commence military drills on Taiwan’s side of the Taiwan Strait….