Taipei, April 8 -- Taiwan recorded a hike in Chinese military activity around its territory with over 10 aircraft, five vessels and one ship operating around its territory on Tuesday, as reported by Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND).

In a post on X MND observed that 15 out of the 16 sorties crossed the median line and entered into Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern air defence identification zones.

MND wrote on X, "16 PLA aircraft, 5 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 15 out of 16 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern ADIZ. We have monitored the situation and responded."

On Monday, Taiwan recorded four...