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Boost in defence spending coming amid China threats, says Taiwan's minister

Taiwan's defence minister says the island is planning to boost military spending in the face of the rapidly changing international situation and the escalating threats from adversaries. Wellington Koo gave no figures but said President William Lai Ching-te was working with the ministry in consideration of enemy threats and urgent readiness needs, a reference to China's threats to invade the island, which it considers its own territory. Those would increase the proportion of the defence budget in relation to GDP, Koo said, in comments Monday that were embargoed until Tuesday. Taiwan currently spends about 2.45% of its gross domestic product on its military. At the same time, in coordination with national security and foreign policy, the military will continue to deepen cooperation with the United States and other allied nations, expanding multilateral military exchanges to jointly uphold regional peace and stability," Koo said. Taiwan sees a growing threat from China, which regularl

China's military expansion threatens Taiwan's LNG supply routes: Report

In a bulletin published on the National Defence and Security Research's website on Thursday, Huang Tsung-ting indicated that China could potentially disrupt Taiwan's energy sources

Taiwan detects 11 Chinese military aircraft, 6 vessels around its territory

Among them, five aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's central, southwestern and southeastern Air Defense Identification Zone

Taiwan imposes sanctions on 7 Chinese univs over national security concerns

Taiwan does not acknowledge academic qualifications issued by the PLA-operated National University of Defense Technology, Naval Medical University, and Air Force University

Taiwan condemns China for conducting shooting drills near its coast

Taiwan on Thursday condemned China's military exercises after Beijing designated an area to conduct shooting drills off the self-governed island's southwest coast. China considers the island a renegade province to be taken by force if necessary and in recent years has increased military activity around Taiwan's waters and airspace. China is the biggest troublemaker for regional peace and stability, and the sole and greatest threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific region, Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said in its statement. Taiwan's Defence Ministry said in a 24-hour period it detected 45 aircraft, 14 navy vessels and one ship from the Chinese military operating around Taiwan, of which 34 had crossed into its waters and airspace. Taiwan said that it responded accordingly without elaborating. This comes after Taiwan said four Chinese coast guard boats entered into its waters near Kinmen island earlier this week, and that Taiwan dispatched its own boats to

Taiwan seeks to give away chip industry to US as 'souvenir', says China

US President Donald Trump has criticised Taiwan for taking away American semiconductor business

Taiwan detects 11 Chinese military aircraft, 14 vessels around territory

Of the 11 aircraft, nine crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the island's ADIZ

Taiwan detects 12 Chinese aircraft, 14 vessels operating near its shores

Earlier on Monday, Taiwan detected five sorties of Chinese aircraft, 10 Chinese vessels, 2 official ships and two Chinese balloons around its territory, as per MND

Trump's reversal of policy on Ukraine raises questions about Taiwan support

US President Donald Trump's abrupt reversal of three years of American policy toward Ukraine has raised concerns China might become emboldened to push its territorial claim on Taiwan, though experts say Beijing is most likely in a wait-and-see mode right now to see how the situation in Europe plays out. In the past two weeks, Trump has falsely claimed Ukraine should have never started the war, said Ukraine may be Russian someday and questioned the legitimacy of President Volodmyr Zelenskyy's government, while upending the longstanding American position of isolating Russia over its aggression by beginning direct talks with Moscow and voicing positions sounding remarkably like the Kremlin's own. Before heading to Washington for talks with Trump on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he would emphasize you can't be weak in the face of President Putin. It's not you, it's not your trademark, it's not in your interest, Macron said he would tell Trump. How can you, then, be ...

Delta Electronics investing $500 million in India to expand presence

Taiwan-based Delta Electronics is investing USD 500 million, announced in 2015, under the government's Make in India initiative to expand its presence in the domestic market, a top company official said. The company, through its Indian arm has made significant investments since its entry into the domestic market in 2003, Benjamin Lin, President of Delta Electronics India said in a press conference at "Elecrama 2025", organised by IEEMA in Greater Noida. "India is a key market for Delta, and we are committed to driving its industrial and energy transformation with our advanced solutions. Our strategic investment in the Krishnagiri facility underscores our dedication to local innovation, manufacturing excellence, and sustainability," he told reporters. The company is in process of investing USD 500 million in India which also includes expansion of the Krishnagiri facility, according to a presentation made by Lin. "Through this investment, we aim to strengthen India's self-reliance in

Taiwan records 8 Chinese aircraft, 7 vessels, 2 ships near its territory

The MND further noted that 3 of these sorties crossed the median line, entering Taiwan's northern and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ)

Taiwan detects 36 Chinese aircraft sorties, 8 vessels near its territory

The Taiwan-China issue is a complex and longstanding geopolitical conflict centred on Taiwan's sovereignty

Taiwan records 9 Chinese vessels, 8 military aircrafts around its territory

As per the Taiwan Defence Ministry, four out of the eight sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's southwestern ADIZ

Taiwan Prez Lai Ching-te increases defence budget spending to 3% of GDP

Lai emphasised Taiwan's commitment to safeguarding its sovereignty, reinforcing its self-defence capabilities, and enhancing national security in response to rising threats from authoritarian regimes

Taiwan detects 19 Chinese aircraft, 8 naval vessels around its territory

Of the 19 aircraft, 15 crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ)

Taiwan pledges chip talks with US, more investment in bid to appease Trump

Trump has threatened specifically to put tariffs on imported semiconductors, which could threaten Taiwan's economy given the island's major role in producing chips

Taiwan detects 6 Chinese aircraft, 8 vessels operating near its waters

According to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND), four of the six aircraft sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)

Taiwan detects 30 Chinese military aircraft, 7 vessels around territory

In recent weeks, China had visibly increased its capacity to conduct amphibious assaults on Taiwan's beaches

Taiwan detects 5 Chinese aircraft, 6 PLAN vessels operating near its shores

The ministry also confirmed that three of the five aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the island nation's southwestern ADIZ

Taiwan's next-generation supercomputer for AI set to launch in May

According to the report, the new system, which will be equipped with Nvidia's H100 graphics processing units (GPU), will initially offer a computing capacity of 16 petaFLOPS