Taipei, July 7 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected the presence of four sorties of Chinese aircraft, nine naval vessels and three official ships around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Tuesday.

Of the four, three sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's southwestern part Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).

In a post on X, the MND said, "4 sorties of PLA aircraft, 9 PLAN vessels and 3 official ships operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 3 out of 4 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's southwestern part ADIZ. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Monday, the MND detected the presence of five sorties of Chinese milita...