Overview
- Taiwan’s defense ministry said eight PLA aircraft, eight PLAN vessels and two Chinese official ships were detected by 6 a.m., with two aircraft crossing the Taiwan Strait median line into the southwestern and southeastern ADIZ.
- The ministry reported a larger surge a day earlier with 30 aircraft, seven naval vessels and one official ship, including 17 sorties that crossed the median line into multiple ADIZ sectors.
- Taiwan stated it monitored the activity and responded by deploying aircraft and naval assets and activating coastal-based missile systems to track Chinese movements.
- China’s Maritime Safety Administration issued a navigation alert for live-fire missile launches in the central Yellow Sea scheduled from Tuesday through Thursday.
- G7 foreign ministers recently reiterated opposition to unilateral changes to the regional status quo, and Taiwan’s Presidential Office accused Beijing of stoking tensions with Japan for political advantage.