A handout photo made available by Taiwan's Military News Agency shows two Taiwan Air Force F-16A/B fighter planes at the Hualien Airbase in eastern Taiwan on January 1. Photo: EPA A handout photo made available by Taiwan's Military News Agency shows two Taiwan Air Force F-16A/B fighter planes at the Hualien Airbase in eastern Taiwan on January 1. Photo: EPA
A handout photo made available by Taiwan's Military News Agency shows two Taiwan Air Force F-16A/B fighter planes at the Hualien Airbase in eastern Taiwan on January 1. Photo: EPA
China /  Politics

Taiwan plans defence spending increase to counter rising China

Military expenditure targeted to rise to highest percentage of GDP since 1999

Topic |   Taiwan
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Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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A handout photo made available by Taiwan's Military News Agency shows two Taiwan Air Force F-16A/B fighter planes at the Hualien Airbase in eastern Taiwan on January 1. Photo: EPA A handout photo made available by Taiwan's Military News Agency shows two Taiwan Air Force F-16A/B fighter planes at the Hualien Airbase in eastern Taiwan on January 1. Photo: EPA
A handout photo made available by Taiwan's Military News Agency shows two Taiwan Air Force F-16A/B fighter planes at the Hualien Airbase in eastern Taiwan on January 1. Photo: EPA
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