PLA launches joint military operations around Taiwan island

<p>The People&#39;s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command has launched a series of military operations near Taiwan island starting from the night of August 2.</p><p>The Eastern Theater Command has staged joint training exercises in the maritime areas off the northern, southwestern and southeastern coasts of the island and their air space.</p><p>It will also conduct long-range live-fire drills in the Taiwan Straits and conventional missile tests in the waters off the eastern coast of the island.</p>