The spokesperson for Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, Sun Li-fang, reported that the number of Chinese military ships and coast guard units near Taiwan is the largest in decades. These ships have been deployed along the so-called first island chain,

Taiwan is on high alert in response to China’s unannounced deployment of naval and Coast Guard ships, as tensions rise over U.S. support for the island.

Taiwan raised its alert level on Monday, saying China had reserved airspace and deployed naval and coast guard vessels in what a security source called the first military drills across a broad swathe of the region's waters.