Since the 27th of February, Chinese military flights near Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) has been unusually low. The activity may be starting to pick back up now, although the trend is still emerging.

Yesterday saw an uptick in Chinese PLA activity with the Associated Press reporting, “Taiwan saw a surge of Chinese military planes near the island, its defence ministry said Sunday, after a sharp drop in flights over the past two weeks had sparked discussions among observers.”

Some outlets called it a “large-scale” Chinese military aircraft presence near the island. However, this is misleading, at least by the island’s standards.

The open-source OSINT account, Taiwan Security Monitor, reported, “IMPORTANT CONTEXT: Before this article sparks sensationalism, recognise this activity is only considered ‘large-scale’ in relation to the slower activity over the last three weeks.”