Taiwan’s defence minister stated on Friday that a Chinese weather balloon deteched over the Taiwan Strait by the Ministry of Defence the previous day was probably engaged in “air sounding” activities. In an unusual announcement, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence revealed on Friday morning that it had detected a Chinese weather balloon after it crossed over the median line in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday morning at 11:52 am (0352 GMT) at approximately 6,400 metres and 187 kilometres south-west of northern port city of Keelung and heading east. The balloon vanished at 12:55 pm, the ministry…