Taipei, April 8 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of two sorties of Chinese military aircraft, nine naval vessels, and an official ship operating around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time) on Wednesday.

Both the sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern and southeastern part ADIZ.

In a post on X, the MND said, "2 sorties of PLA aircraft, 9 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 2 out of 2 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern and southeastern part ADIZ. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Tuesday, a sortie of Chinese aircraft, eight naval vessels and an officia...