Taiwan's defense budget has become a central flashpoint within the Legislative Yuan, drawing close attention from the American Institute in Taiwan. Meanwhile, a veteran financial o......
Taiwan's legislature has authorized the executive branch to sign Letters of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for four U.S. arms procurement packages, even as the broader NT$1.25 trillion......
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a Washington-based think tank, last month recommended that Taiwan establish a four-layer "maritime hellscape" defense zone extending ......
Taiwan's Executive Yuan has proposed a special defense budget bill worth approximately USD 38.5 billion (NT$1.25 trillion) to bolster national defense capabilities. Opposition part......
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that the ongoing military campaign against Iran will end soon because there are few military targets left to hit, but the staggering f......
A proposed NT$1.25 trillion ($38.5 billion) special defense budget remains stalled in Taiwan's legislature, caught in a high-stakes standoff between opposition parties seeking mass......
As Taiwan's legislature prepares to review a crucial special defense budget, political analysts warn the appropriation has evolved beyond a domestic fiscal debate into a critical p......
On Feb. 11, Taiwan's political gridlock over the Executive Yuan's Special Procurement Act for Enhanced Defense Resilience and Asymmetric Warfare Capabilities finally showed signs o......
Taiwan's legislature may finally move forward on a long-delayed defense procurement bill — and the timing could not be more critical.In December, Washington announced an $11.1 bill......
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) assembled an unprecedented display of military leadership at the Presidential Office to promote his administration's NT$1.25 trillion (about U......
Taiwan's annual government budget has yet to be passed, as opposition parties in the legislature remain deadlocked on certain items, chief among them a multi-year NTD 1.25 trillion......
During a meeting of the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee on January 28, party Chairperson Cheng Li-wen (鄭麗文) stated that Taiwan "does not need to choose between the U.S. and C......
That risk was on full display after American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Raymond Greene（谷立言） invoked the familiar refrain “freedom is not free” in a public address. The sent......
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As Taiwan's current legislative session enters its final week, the Taiwan People's Party delivered on party chairman Huang Kuo-chang's post-U.S. visit pledge by introducing its own......
Recent defense budget discussions and the contested NTD$1.25 trillion special defense budget have drawn sustained attention, with the special budget remaining stalled amid cross-pa......
After nine months of intensive tariff negotiations with the U.S., Taiwanese Deputy Premier Cheng Li-chun returned to the country to Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰). remain sharply divi......
Taiwan's $39 Billion Defense Plan Targets China's 2035 Military ThreatTaiwan's Executive Yuan approved a draft special budget law in November 2025, allocating an additional NT$1.25......
An exclusive interview that Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te gave to the local news outlet Sanlih Television aired on the evening of December 28In the interview, Lai addressed conc......
Taiwan's navy is requesting to purchase 36 units of the country's locally developed Ruiyuan II drone for NTD 12.6 billion as part of President Lai Ching-te's recent proposal for an......
On Thursday, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-teon announced a proposed increase of 1.25 trillion Taiwanese dollars (approximately 40 billion U.S. dollars) to the country's defense bu......
