Taipei, July 8 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected four Chinese naval vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Tuesday.

Contrary to the usual, there were no Chinese aircraft.

In a post on X, the MND said, "4 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected as of 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. Illustration of flight path is not provided due to no PLA aircraft operating around Taiwan were detected during this timeframe."

Earlier on Monday, Taiwan detected six Chinese Naval vessels around its territory.

In a post on X, the MND stated, "6 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected as of 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. Illustration of flight path is not provided due to no PLA aircraft operating around...