China is making military exercises in Taiwan’s immediate neighborhood the norm. Tsai Ming-yen, Director General of Taiwan’s National Security Bureau, explained this in the Legislative Yuan, the parliament in Taipei, on Monday. According to the statement, Chinese fighter jets violate the island’s air defense zone almost every day. China dispatches so-called combat readiness patrols every seven to ten days. This means that the island democracy will have to continue to expect regular Chinese military exercises in the immediate vicinity.