Taipei, March 25 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of 16 sorties of Chinese aircraft, 10 naval vessels and two official ships around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Wednesday.

Of the 16, 13 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's southwestern and eastern part ADIZ.

In a post on X, MND said, "16 sorties of PLA aircraft, 10 PLAN vessels and 2 official ships operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 13 out of 16 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's southwestern and eastern part ADIZ. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Tuesday, MND detected the presence of three sorties of Chinese military aircraft, nine v...