TAIPEI: Taiwan said on Monday it had detected 39 Chinese warplanes and an aircraft carrier near the East Asian island after a United States destroyer and a Canadian frigate transited through the Taiwan Strait over the weekend.

Between Sunday and Monday morning, 26 aircraft and 13 warships were operating around the self-ruling democratic island, while another 13 planes were detected since the early hours of Monday, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said.

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