The Ministry of National Defense tracked 14 Chinese naval ships, 11 military aircraft, and two official ships around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Tuesday and 6 a.m. on Wednesday. Nine of the 11 People’s Liberation Army aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the country’s northern,

The island’s coast guard said the incident is a national-security matter and possible case of Chinese sabotage.

Taiwan has detained a Chinese-crewed ship over suspicions it deliberately damaged an undersea cable to the island. On Tuesday, Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration reported intercepting the “Hongtai 168” while investigating a disruption involving an undersea fiber cable for a local mobile carrier,