Taipei, Sept. 7 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Sunday recorded heightened Chinese military presence around its territory, with 21 PLA aircraft, 6 PLAN vessels and 2 official ships operating around Taiwan.

Sharing the details in a post on X, it mentioned that these were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8).

MND further said that 12 out of 21 sorties crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.

"21 PLA aircraft, 6 PLAN vessels and 2 official ships operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 12 out of 21 sorties crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait. #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and responded", it wrote on X.

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