Taipei, Dec. 30 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said it detected a sharp rise in Chinese military activity around the island, with a large number of Chinese aircraft and vessels operating in nearby airspace and waters amid Chinese military drills.

In a post on X on Tuesday, Taiwan's defence ministry said, "130 PLA aircraft, 14 PLAN vessels and 8 official ships operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 90 out of 130 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, central, southwestern and eastern ADIZ. We monitored the situation, responded."

The latest detection comes a day after China launched large-scale joint military drills around Taiwan, deploying its army, navy, air force and rocke...