BROAD DEPLOYMENTS: While the presence of so many vessels is troubling, another source suggested the ships might have put to sea to avoid an incoming typhoon By Huang Chin-hsuan / Staff reporter, with CNA Chinese naval activity in the western Pacific has increased, as the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) enters its peak annual exercise season, Taiwan’s top intelligence official said yesterday, confirming a warning by a senior National Security Council (NSC) official.The period from July to September is generally the busiest time of the year for Chinese military exercises, National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Tsai Ming-yen (蔡明彥) told reporters on the sidelines of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee meeting.As of yesterday, Taiwan had identified f