TAIPEI -- Two Chinese balloons were detected moving across the median line separating Taiwan from China, with one flying directly above the island, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday. The balloons were seen crossing the median line over the Taiwan Strait -- a sensitive waterway separating the island from China -- late January 1 at two locations, one near the western city of Chiayi and another by Keelung in the north. An accompanying graphic released by the ministry showed one balloon headed east directly above the island after appearing northwest of Chiayi on the western coast. They were at "the altitude of approximately 30,000 and 32,000 ...Keep on reading: Taiwan detects two Chinese balloons in new year