China to conduct ‘regular’ military drills east of Taiwan Strait median line, state media report

An Air Force airplane beneath the Eastern Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) takes to the air for military workout routines within the waters round Taiwan, from an undisclosed location on this August 4, 2022 handout launched on August 5, 2022. Eastern Theatre Command/Handout by means of REUTERS

BEIJING, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The Chinese military will any longer conduct “regular” drills at the jap aspect of the median line of the Taiwan Strait, Chinese state tv reported on Sunday, bringing up a commentator.

The median line within the slender strait between the island of Taiwan and mainland China is an unofficial line of regulate that military airplane and battleships from all sides in most cases don’t go.

The median line hasn’t ever been legally recognised, and is an “imaginary” line drawn up by means of the U.S. military for his or her battle necessities within the earlier century, in accordance to the state tv commentator.

Reporting by means of Ryan Woo
Editing by means of Raissa Kasolowsky

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