Taipei, Taiwan – The Taiwanese president, William Lai Ching-Te, said Thursday that the island’s defense budget will exceed 3% of its economic production, as it reviews its military against the growing threat of China.
Together with the last team, in much of the United States, the military look for funds to retain more service people with greater salary and extend the mandatory national service from four months to one year.
In a speech on Thursday to the US Chamber of Commerce, Lai said that its administration is determined to “ensure that our defense budget exceeds 3% of GDP at the same time, we will continue to reform the national defense.”
Lai’s comments were the last tranquility for us and national critics who say that Taiwan is not spending enough in his own defense. The Autonomous Island, which is based on the United States during much of its avant -garde weapons, currently spends about 2.45% of its gross domestic product in its military.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has demanded that Taiwan increase the defense expense of up to 10% of GDP, a proportion well above what the United States or any of its main allies spend to dissuade China.
China’s actions also have unstable neighbors in the South China Sea and other parts of the Indo-Pacific.
Leaders in Australia and New Zealand have said that China should have given them more warning before their Navy made an unusual series of living fire exercises in the seas between the two countries last month, which forced the flights to deviate in the short term.
Lai said Taiwan plans “to advance our cooperation with the United States and other democracies to defend regional stability and prosperity.”
China considers Taiwan’s autonomous democracy as part of its own territory and has significantly promoted its military to fulfill its threat of invading the island to affirm its control.
Raymond Greene, de facto United States ambassador to Taiwan; Dan Silver, the president of the Chamber; and Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, attended the speech.
Taiwan and the United States do not have formal diplomatic ties, but US law requires Washington to respond to threats to the island.
