The Chinese military announced that it also conducted exercises in the waters and airspace around Taiwan on the 8th.

The Chinese military initially planned to hold the exercise until the 7th, but by continuing it further, the aim is to normalize military pressure on Taiwan on the pretext of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. It seems that there is.

The Eastern Theater Command, which has jurisdiction over the East China Sea in the Chinese military, announced on the 8th that it continued to conduct exercises in the waters and airspace around Taiwan.



Regarding this, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs justified at a press conference on the 8th that ``Taiwan is a territory of China and is conducting normal military exercises in the waters surrounding its own territory.''



In response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, the Chinese military said it would conduct exercises in a total of six sea areas and airspace surrounding Taiwan over a four-day schedule until the 7th. No end date has been indicated so far.



During the series of exercises, Chinese military aircraft and other aircraft were operating day after day across the "median line" in the Taiwan Strait, which was considered a demarcation line to avoid accidental clashes between the Chinese and Taiwanese armies. According to the department's announcement, a total of 14 fighters crossed the "midway line" on the 8th.



In the wake of the nationalization of the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, China normalized the activities of the Coast Guard to sail around the area. It seems that the aim is to make the "median line" a mere mere faction and normalize military pressure on Taiwan.