TAIPEI -- Beijing's encircling of Taiwan with large-scale military drills is a bid to normalize aggression and change the status quo by squeezing its democratic neighbor's control over its waters and airspace, analysts say.
PLA announces continuation of military drills that were due to end Sunday

A Chinese soldier watches a warship take part in military drills off the coast of Taiwan on Aug. 5. © Xinhua/Kyodo
TAIPEI -- Beijing's encircling of Taiwan with large-scale military drills is a bid to normalize aggression and change the status quo by squeezing its democratic neighbor's control over its waters and airspace, analysts say.