China extends invasion rehearsal drills to intimidate Taiwan

CHINA EXTENDS INVASION DRILLS: What China initially said would be a four-day military exercise that would wrap up yesterday has been extended as Beijing continues threatening military exercises that have all the earmarks of a rehearsal for an eventual invasion.

“On August 8, the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continued to carry out joint combat training exercises in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island, mainly focusing on the joint anti-submarine and air-to-sea assault operations,” China’s Defense Ministry said in a statement. China also announced “exclusion zones” in both the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, where additional Chinese military operations will take place in the weeks ahead.