TAIPEI: Taiwan reported on Thursday that in just one day, China had sent ten navy vessels and flown 68 warplanes over the island.
In a statement, Taiwan's defense ministry referred to China's army and navy as "68 PLA aircraft and 10 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected" between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Thirty-five Chinese warplanes were seen hovering around the self-governing island on Wednesday, according to Taipei, and some of them took off to join China's Shandong aircraft carrier for naval drills in the Western Pacific.