Taipei, Dec. 20 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of six sorties of Chinese military aircraft, 11 naval vessels and an official ship operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Saturday.

The Taiwanese Armed Forces said they responded accordingly.

In a post on X, the MND said, "6 sorties of PLA aircraft, 11 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

https://x.com/MoNDefense/status/2002182180114669611?s=20

Earlier on Friday, Taiwan detected seven sorties of Chinese military aircraft and 11 naval vessels operating around itself.

In a post on X, the MND said, "7 sorti...