Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said Monday she is seeking to ramp up spending on the armed forces, as relations with China deteriorate. Her proposal to increase the 2019 defence budget by 5.6 percent to Tw$346 billion (US$11.3 billion) will go before parliament following the summer recess. Beijing sees democratic self-ruling Taiwan as part of its territory to be … Continue reading Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen seeks US$11bn defence budget as China threat grows