Taiwan's Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that it has detected 44 combat aircraft, 4 warships and 2 military drones belonging to China in the vicinity of the island.
The ministry said - in a statement - that "15 warplanes" of the People's Liberation Army, and two "drones" crossed the dividing line in the Taiwan Strait, and that "4 other planes" flew over the eastern part of the air defense identification zone between Taiwan and China.
The statement said that Chinese naval and air vehicles were monitored with electronic tracking tools, patrol planes, ships and land-based missile systems.
Over the past months, almost a day has not been without escalation and mutual threats by China and Taiwan, and individual and joint military exercises, as Taipei has repeatedly accused Beijing of breaching the "imaginary" center line - which divides the Taiwan Strait - with aircraft and warships, and seeking and preparing for its military invasion.
Taiwan lives under constant threat of invasion by China, which claims sovereignty over the island.
Beijing does not recognize the independence of Taiwan, considers it part of the Chinese territory, and rejects any attempts to separate from it. In return, Taiwan does not recognize the central government of Beijing.
And US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said late last month that China rejects the longstanding de facto status quo on Taiwan, repeating an earlier assessment that Beijing is accelerating its timetable for a "takeover" of the island.
Washington pursues a policy of diplomatic recognition of Beijing, not Taipei, but it has real relations with Taiwan and supports its right to self-determination.