Opposition parties are slamming the brakes on billions in defense funding as the China escalates military pressure.

Taipei’s $40 billion special defense budget plan seeks to fund advanced U.S. missiles and sea drones that could prove crucial ...

Without approval of a special budget, analysts said, Taiwan's government must shift money from other departments at the risk ...

Failure to complete the signing of an offer on US arms procurement included in the Executive Yuan’s proposed NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.7 billion) special defense budget could raise serious doubts among ...

Delays in signing the US’ arms procurement offer could force the government to restart the eight-month procurement process, ...

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has disclosed that it intends to procure more than 200,000 UAVs, over 1,000 unmanned ...

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TAIPEI, Taiwan(AP) — Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday announced a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build an air defense system with high-level detection and ...

Taiwan’s defence ministry on Tuesday pushed back against an opposition party proposal to cut a planned NT$1.25 trillion ...

Taiwan’s domestic gridlock is revealing a deep-seated fracture over how the island should defend itself and how much it can ...

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There are moments in history when multiple internal and external factors act jointly to promote a certain outcome—when “perfect storms” brew and the seemingly unimaginable starts to take hold. Given ...