Taiwan holds military exercises simulating an attack by China as relations with Beijing deteriorate (AFP Photo/SAM YEH)
SCMP: Taiwan responds to Beijing threats with pledge to increase military spending to ‘ensure national security’
In a move certain to provoke Beijing, Taiwan announces three-point plan to safeguard sovereignty of the self-ruled island.
Taiwan plans to acquire more weapons to increase its fighting power in the face of growing military threats from Beijing, a move certain to further provoke the mainland amid the escalating trade war and military tensions between China and the US.
The self-ruled island’s defence ministry announced new spending plans on Wednesday which it said were intended to echo President Tsai Ing-wen’s national day pledge to safeguard Taiwan’s sovereignty.
“In addition to building our indigenous submarines and warplanes, [we] will take swifter actions to acquire new weapons and armaments in order to quickly increase our defence power,” it said.
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WNU Editor: They should have done this years ago. The threat from China is very real.
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