TAIPEI — Taiwan will keep strengthening its military capabilities, a senior security official said, in an apparent signal to United States President-elect Donald Trump that the island is serious about shoring up its own defenses.
Taipei has ramped up defense spending in recent years in response to China's growing military presence around the self-ruled island, but it has been under pressure to do more.Trump caused alarm during his campaign by suggesting Taiwan should pay the US — the island's most important supporter and biggest arms supplier — for its defense.
visitor checks an airsoft gun at the Military, Outdoor and Airsoft exhibition in Taiwan’s capital Taipei on Nov. 8, 2024. AFP PHOTOTaipei has publicly congratulated Trump on his victory, joining other governments around the world in trying to get onside with the mercurial former businessman whose diplomatic style is often transactional.
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