Taipei, Sept. 18 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Thursday reported further Chinese military activity around its territory, with seven PLA aircraft and six PLAN vessels detected up until 6 am.

The ministry said three of the seven sorties crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the island's northern and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ). "We have monitored the situation and responded," the MND stated in a post on X.

This comes a day after Taipei reported a larger-scale Chinese operation. On Wednesday, the MND said it had detected 31 PLA aircraft and 14 PLAN vessels operating near Taiwan. Out of those, 26 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eas...