China announces new military drills
China announced Sunday that it will conduct live-fire military drills on the Yellow and Bohai seas.
The exercises on the Bohai Sea will be held August 8 to September 8_ while another on the Yellow Sea will be conducted August 7 to 15_ the Maritime Safety Administration said in a statement.
China launched massive military exercises surrounding Taiwan earlier this week after United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the self-ruled island_ bucking Chinese warnings.
Beijing views Taiwan as a 'breakaway province' despite Taipei having governed itself since 1949. It has vowed to reunify the island_ including by force if necessary.
As part of its major military drills near Taiwan and eight countermeasures to respond to the situation_ China on Friday dispatched the largest number of military fighter jets across the Taiwan Strait this year_ according to Taiwan's Defense Ministry.
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