Taipei, May 23 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense on Saturday detected the presence of sixteen sorties of Chinese military aircraft and eight vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time).

Thirteen out of sixteen sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, central, southwestern and eastern parts of the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).

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

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