Taipei, May 21 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of seven sorties of Chinese military aircraft, seven naval vessels and an official ship operating around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time) on Thursday.

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

In a post on X, the MND said, "7 sorties of PLA aircraft, 7 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 6 out of 7 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern and southwestern part ADIZ. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier, on May 20, the MND detect...