Taipei, Feb. 17 -- Taiwan has reported heightened Chinese military activity with 41 aircraft, 9 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship recorded operating around the island on Monday as per the Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND).

In a post on X, the MND noted that these were detected up until 6 AM (UTC+8).

MND said that out of the 41 aircraft , 28 crossed the median line and had entered into Taiwan's Taiwan's northern, central and southwestern ADIZ.

"41 PLA aircraft, 9 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 28 out of 41 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, central and southwestern ADIZ. We have monitored the situation and responded."

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