<p>China carried out fresh military drills around Taiwan on Monday, Beijing said, defying calls for it to end its largest-ever exercise encircling the democratic island.</p>.<p>Live fire drills kicked off on Thursday, a day after a controversial visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.</p>.<p>Those exercises were expected to draw to a close on Sunday, but neither Beijing nor Taipei confirmed their conclusion.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/chinas-largest-ever-taiwan-military-drills-draw-to-a-close-1133954.html" target="_blank">China's largest-ever Taiwan military drills draw to a close</a></strong></p>.<p>"The Chinese People's Liberation Army continued to carry out practical joint exercises and training in the sea and airspace around Taiwan island, focusing on organising joint anti-submarine and sea assault operations," the Chinese military's eastern command said in a statement.</p>.<p>Beijing has deployed fighter jets, warships and ballistic missiles in what analysts have described as practice for a blockade and ultimate invasion of the self-ruled island, which China claims as its territory.</p>.<p>Taiwan's transport ministry on Sunday said that six of the seven "temporary danger zones" China had warned airlines to avoid ceased to be in effect as of noon on Sunday, signalling a partial drawdown of the drills.</p>
<p>China carried out fresh military drills around Taiwan on Monday, Beijing said, defying calls for it to end its largest-ever exercise encircling the democratic island.</p>.<p>Live fire drills kicked off on Thursday, a day after a controversial visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.</p>.<p>Those exercises were expected to draw to a close on Sunday, but neither Beijing nor Taipei confirmed their conclusion.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/chinas-largest-ever-taiwan-military-drills-draw-to-a-close-1133954.html" target="_blank">China's largest-ever Taiwan military drills draw to a close</a></strong></p>.<p>"The Chinese People's Liberation Army continued to carry out practical joint exercises and training in the sea and airspace around Taiwan island, focusing on organising joint anti-submarine and sea assault operations," the Chinese military's eastern command said in a statement.</p>.<p>Beijing has deployed fighter jets, warships and ballistic missiles in what analysts have described as practice for a blockade and ultimate invasion of the self-ruled island, which China claims as its territory.</p>.<p>Taiwan's transport ministry on Sunday said that six of the seven "temporary danger zones" China had warned airlines to avoid ceased to be in effect as of noon on Sunday, signalling a partial drawdown of the drills.</p>