Taiwan's military has observed 20 Chinese fighter jets and 10 naval vessels around Taiwan after the country marked its National Day on October 10. Thirteen of the jets crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait. China also launched a new communications satellite that passed over Taiwan, which the military says did not pose any threat.
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00:00The military says it has detected 20 Chinese fighter jets and 10 naval
00:04vessels around Taiwan over a 24-hour period. The Defense Ministry says 13 of
00:10those jets crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's
00:13Air Defense Identification Zone or ADIZ. Now this is not Taiwan's sovereign
00:18territory but it is used as a defensive buffer. The military also reported the
00:22launch of a Chinese satellite that passed high over Taiwan in the upper
00:26atmosphere on Thursday. The Defense Ministry says it did not pose any
00:30threat to the country.