Taipei, May 25 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of nine sorties of Chinese military aircraft, seven vessels and an official ship around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Monday.

Of the nine, eight sorties entered Taiwan's southwestern and eastern part of the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).

In a post on X, the MND said, "9 sorties of PLA aircraft, 7 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 8 out of 9 sorties entered Taiwan's southwestern and eastern part ADIZ. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Sunday, the MND detected the presence of four sorties of Chinese military aircraft and six naval v...