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

Taiwan's MND said it monitored the situation and responded.

In a post on X, the MND said, "6 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded. No flight path illustration is provided, as we did not detect PLA aircraft operating around Taiwan during this timeframe."

Earlier on Saturday, the MND detected the presence of two PLA aircraft and eight naval vessels around itself.

In a post on X, MND said, "2 sorties of PLA aircraft an...