00:00Taiwan is seeing a spike in Chinese military activity.
00:04Taiwan's Defense Ministry says it spotted 27 Chinese military aircraft and eight naval vessels operating near the country in the 24 hours period leading up to Saturday morning.
00:16Nineteen of the aircraft entered Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ.
00:22This area isn't Taiwan's official airspace, but acts as a buffer zone for defensive purposes.
00:27The incursions come as China announced the expulsion of several of its high-ranking military officials from the Communist Party.
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