TAIWAN
Taiwan's Executive Yuan originally proposed a US$39.6 billion (NT$1.25 trillion) special defense budget, but in May the Legislative Yuan reduced it to US$24.7 billion (NT$780 billion). The approved package did not include funding for the commercial procurement or commissioned production of unmanned systems, CNA reported. To continue developing Taiwan's uncrewed
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Blinken Urges Beijing to Release Journalists Detained in Hong Kong’s Stand News Police Raid
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3 Key Factors Behind the Solomon Islands Anti-China Riots
The Solomon Islands, a country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean home to roughly 680,000 people, has...
Tokyo and Washington Planning for Taiwan Emergency
For the mainland Chinese regime, Taiwan is a renegade province that rightfully belongs to the communist...