{"id":26314,"date":"2022-08-08T03:23:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T03:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=26314"},"modified":"2022-08-08T03:23:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T03:23:31","slug":"china-to-run-new-drills-in-yellow-and-bohai-seas-chinese-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=26314","title":{"rendered":"China to run new drills in Yellow and Bohai seas &#8211; Chinese authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BBC News:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>China says it is carrying out new military exercises in the Yellow and Bohai seas after a barrage of drills that encircled Taiwan in recent days.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial exercises were triggered by Beijing&#8217;s fury at a visit to Taipei by the US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taiwan has accused China of practising for an invasion of the island, which Beijing sees as its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday a senior Chinese military analyst said China would now conduct &#8220;regular&#8221; military drills near Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be under Beijing&#8217;s control. But Taiwan is a self-ruled island that sees itself as distinct from the mainland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any hint of recognition of this by world leaders, however, enrages China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-china-59900139\">China and Taiwan: A really simple guide<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With the series of military drills around Taiwan expected to finish on Sunday, the Chinese maritime authorities announced that a number of other military drills are being carried out in other locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Yellow Sea &#8211; located between China and the Korean peninsula &#8211; new daily military drills were due to start from Saturday until the middle of August, and include live-fire exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, a month-long military operation in one area of the Bohai sea &#8211; off China&#8217;s east coast &#8211; started on Saturday. A separate military drill also took place in the northern part of the Bohai sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcements come as a senior military analyst quoted in Chinese state media said China would conduct &#8220;regular&#8221; military drills on the eastern side of the median line in the Taiwan Strait from now on. The median line is an unofficial buffer separating the two sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exercises were expected to end by midday on Sunday, but neither China nor Taiwan has confirmed their conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taiwan&#8217;s transport ministry, however, said most of its airline and sailing routes could gradually resume as of midday on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it added that it would continue to direct flights away from one of the drill zones until Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Taiwan, people have largely reacted to China&#8217;s actions over the last four days with a large shrug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Videos posted on social media showed hundreds of people enjoying a large street party on Saturday night in one of Taiwan&#8217;s outlying islands close to the Chinese coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collective message to Beijing seems to be that its intimidation will not work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But military analysts have not been so sanguine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC News: China says it is carrying out new military exercises in the Yellow and Bohai seas after a barrage of drills that encircled Taiwan in recent days. The initial exercises were triggered by Beijing&#8217;s fury at a visit to Taipei by the US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi. Taiwan has accused China of practising for an invasion of the island, which Beijing sees as its own. On Sunday a senior Chinese military analyst said China would now conduct &#8220;regular&#8221; military drills near Taiwan. China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be under Beijing&#8217;s control. 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