Taipei, June 19 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected the presence of eight Chinese naval vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time) on Friday.

The MND monitored the situation and responded.

In a post on X, the MND said, "8 PLAN vessels 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 Thursday, Taiwan detected the presence of eight naval vessels around itself.

In a post on X, the MND said, "8 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. ROC Armed Forces have...