China Is Under Military Pressure Day After Day, Live shooting training around Taiwan and the West Sea

 

China began live-fire drills in the West Sea on the 6th following around Taiwan.

The China Maritime Administration announced that the drill will run until the 15th and that it will fire live ammunition every day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in southern waters of the Yellow Sea in China. During the period, ships will be prohibited from entering the five training areas, the agency added.

According to China's state-run news agency Xinhua, the Chinese People's Liberation Army announced high-intensity military drills, including live-fire drills, from 12 p.m. on the 4th (1 p.m. Korean time) to 12 p.m. on the 7th, shortly after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan.

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said on its official Twitter account on the 6th, "It is believed that the Chinese military is conducting a mock drill to attack Taiwan, " adding, "20 Chinese military aircraft have entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone, 14 of which have crossed the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait."

The Taiwan Strait midline is an unofficial border between China and Taiwan, which was declared in 1955 by U.S. Air Force Gen. Benjamin Davis to prevent military clashes between China and Taiwan after signing a bilateral defense treaty with the U.S. in December 1954.

Earlier, the Chinese military trained in East China Sea and the South China Sea on the 30th of last month, conducted live-fire drills in Bohai Bay from the 1st to the 4th, and regular drills in the South China Sea from the 2nd to the 6th.

The Chinese military's live-fire drill in the West Sea is also ahead of the joint South Korea-U.S. drill.

South Korea and the U.S. will conduct joint drills from Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 under the new name of the "Eulji Freedom Shield," including outdoor joint maneuvers.