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Tsai unveils ambitious national defense policy


Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, left, and DPP Secretary-General Joseph Wu yesterday unveil their party’s new defence policy at a press conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday unveiled an ambitious national policy for Taiwan’s national defense industry, which the party said would help decrease Taiwan’s reliance on foreign arms exports and generate NT$400 billion (US$12.17 billion) in direct and secondary benefits.

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China’s military ‘aimed at preventing US intervention’

The growth of China’s military capabilities is specifically oriented toward countering the US’ ability to assist in the defense of Taiwan, a new Heritage Foundation report says.

“China’s ability to execute a military action against Taiwan, albeit at high economic and political cost, is improving,” the 2016 Index of US Military Strength said, which was published on Wednesday.

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Newsflash


A pro-democracy protester wears plastic wrap to protect himself from pepper spray at a rally near government headquarters in Hong Kong yesterday.
Photo: AFP

Hong Kong police fired repeated volleys of tear gas to disperse pro-democracy protests yesterday and baton-charged the crowd blocking a key road in the government district after issuing official warnings against illegal demonstrations.

The territory’s Admiralty district had descended into chaos as chanting protesters converged on police barricades surrounding colleagues who had earlier launched a “new era” of civil disobedience to pressure Beijing into granting full democracy to Hong Kong.