The internal research by Taiwan's armed forces offers a rare look into a slice of China's defense spending as Beijing has ramped up its military presence amid rising tensions in the region
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China claims Taiwan as its own and has never renounced the use of force to bring the democratically governed island under its control despite Taiwan’s strong objections. It is also locked in disputes with several countries over sovereignty of large parts of the South China Sea and the East China Sea.
Taiwan’s defense ministry compiled the reports in May based on Taiwanese surveillance and intelligence on Chinese military activity in the Bohai Sea off northeast China, the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, and the western Pacific Ocean. The 110 billion yuan figure amounts to about 85% of Taiwan’s 2023 defence budget, Reuters calculations show.
“China’s carrier battle group is facing not only the Taiwan authorities, but also the interference of external forces,” military expert Song Zhongping told the newspaper. The Chinese navy made more than 70,000 sailings, including aircraft carriers and destroyers, amounting to a total time at sea of more than 1.7 million hours.
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