China announces fresh military drills around Taiwan

China Aug 8 Hindustan Times - China on Monday held joint combat training exercises around self-governed Taiwan, focusing on anti-submarine and sea assault operations, as Beijing continued to put pressure on the island in response to a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week. 

The eastern theatre command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said in a brief statement on China’s Twitter-like Weibo that it will practice conducting anti-submarine attacks and sea raids around the island, which Beijing claims as a breakaway province. 

China announced the new drills on Monday - a day after what was supposed to be the concluding day for four-day joint live-fire exercises around Taiwan, but did not specify how long the new round of drills would continue. 
The announcement also comes after Beijing on Sunday announced additional military exercises around the Yellow Sea - expanding drills across new maritime areas.

The Taiwan-focused exercise included the first firing of conventional missiles over the island of Taiwan. Hundreds of Chinese aircraft and warships also crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.

The PLA on Sunday carried out “island saturation attack drills”, deployed and “bomber deterrence flights” and dispatched multiple bomber formations to cross the Taiwan Strait in both directions simultaneously.