Taipei, March 31 -- Taiwan detected seven Chinese Navy ships around its territory, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said on Monday as of 6am (local time).

However, no Chinese aircraft were detected, unlike the usual trends witnessed daily.

In a post on X, "7 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."

https://x.com/MoNDefense/status/1906511770149150937

Earlier on Sunday, Taiwan detected one sortie of Chinese aircraft and seven Chinese vessels until 6 am (local time) on Sunday, a statement by Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) said.

As per the MND, the sortie cr...