Taiwan stayed on high alert Wednesday, keeping its emergency maritime response center active as it monitored Chinese naval maneuvers following large-scale military drills around the island the previous day, the coast guard said.
The exercises named "Justice Mission 2025" saw China fire dozens of rockets towards Taiwan and deploy a large number of warships and aircraft near the island, in a show of force that drew concern from Western allies.
Taipei condemned the drills as a threat to regional security and a blatant provocation.
Chinese ships were moving away from Taiwan, but Beijing had yet to formally declare the end of the exercises, according to Kuan Bi-ling, head of Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council.
"The maritime situation has calmed down, with ships and vessels gradually departing. As China has not announced the conclusion of the military exercises, the emergency response centre remains operational," she said in a post on Facebook late Tuesday.
