Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence detected the presence of 13 sorties of Chinese aircraft, seven naval vessels and one official ship operating around its territorial waters today. In a social media post, as per the ministry, out of the 13 sorties, seven crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone. The Ministry said they monitored the situation and responded.

 

 

Earlier, Taiwan detected eight Chinese military aircraft, eight naval vessels and two ships. Taiwan’s Presidential Office has accused China of stoking tensions with Japan for political advantage, hours after Chinese maritime authorities announced plans for live-fire missile exercises in the Yellow Sea. It comes after  Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaich, during a parliamentary session, stated that a Chinese naval blockade of Taiwan could be classified as a survival-threatening situation for Japan, potentially activating its self-defence mechanisms.