Taipei, June 16 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) tracked six Chinese naval vessels operating around Taiwan from 6 am (local time) on Sunday to 6 am (local time) on Monday.

In response to Chinese action, Taiwan sent aircraft and naval ships and deployed coastal-based missile systems to monitor PLA activity, according to Taiwan's MND. No PLA aircraft were detected operating near Taiwan during that time.

In a post on X, Taiwan's MND stated, "6 PLAN ships 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."

This incident follows a recent pattern of escalated manoeuvres by China around T...