Taipei, May 7 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of 22 sorties of Chinese military aircraft, six naval vessels and an official ship operating around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time) on Thursday.

Of the 22, 18 crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, central, southwestern and eastern part ADIZ.

In a post on X, the MND said, "22 sorties of PLA aircraft, 6 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 18 out of 22 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, central, southwestern and eastern part ADIZ. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Wednesday, Taiwan's MND detected the presen...