Ministry of National Defense says 20 Chinese military aircraft, 3 naval ships tracked around Taiwan

Taipei: The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 20 Chinese military aircraft and three naval ships around Taiwan on Thursday, media reports said.

Taiwan plans to spend additional US$8.69 billion on defense to counter China

Taipei: The Taiwan government has planned to spend an additional US$8.69 billion on defense over the next five years, an attempt made to resist "severe threat" from China.

China aiming to exhaust Taiwan’s defence budget by repeated incursions: observers

Beijing: Observers believe that mainland China’s repeated military incursions into Taiwan’s air defence zone are meant to drain the island’s air force and establish the PLA as a regular presence in the area, media reports said.