Taiwan's Defence Ministry said on Saturday it had recorded the highest number of Chinese balloons around the country since it started regularly releasing data on balloon sightings in December. Eight balloons were spotted on Friday, one day before the start of the Lunar New Year, at varying altitudes of 15,000 feet (4,572 meters) to 38,000 feet.
Last February, the United States shot down what it said was a Chinese surveillance balloon, making China's potential use of balloons for spying became a global issue. China maintains the balloon was a civilian craft that accidentally drifted astray.
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