The ministry, in its regular morning update on Chinese military activities over the previous 24 hours, said the single balloon was detected at 6:21 p.m. (1021 GMT) on Sunday 60 nautical miles (111 km) to the north of Taiwan's Keelung port.

Taiwan said Monday it had detected a Chinese balloon over waters northwest of the island, the first reported since April, as Beijing maintains pressure on Taipei to accept its claims of sovereignty. Communist China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and has refused to renounce the use of force to bring it under its control.

Former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen suggested that the U.S. should focus on helping Ukraine before it prioritizes Taiwan in her keynote speech during the annual summit of the Halifax International Security Forum,

Former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen believes that in the near future, the US should prioritise military assistance for Ukraine over Taiwan. Source: Politico, as reported by European Pravda Details: Tsai Ing-wen stressed that "they [the United States] should do whatever they can to help the Ukrainians,

TOKYO: The United States is drawing up contingency plans for military deployments in Japan and the Philippines in case of an emergency over Taiwan, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported. They will be incorporated in a first joint operation plan to be formulated in December,

The US is reportedly drawing up contingency plans for military deployments in Japan and the Philippines to counter China in case of an emergency over Taiwan.