Taipei, May 22 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of six sorties of Chinese military aircraft, 10 vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time) on Friday.

All six sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern part Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).

In a post on X, the MND said, " 6 sorties of PLA aircraft and 10 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 6 out of 6 sorties entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern part ADIZ. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Thursday, Taiwan's MND detected the presence of seven sorties of Chinese military aircraft, seven n...