Taipei, Sept 12, 2025 (AFP) - Taiwan's defence ministry to seek up to $33 bn in special funding: lawmaker to AFP

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Taiwan's defence ministry plans to seek up to a record $33 billion in special funding to upgrade the island's defences against a potential Chinese attack, a senior lawmaker told AFP. The ministry is working on a special budget of between NT$800 billion and NT$1 trillion ($26 billion and $33 billion) over seven years, said Wang Ting-yu, who belongs to President Lai Ching-te's Democratic Progressive Party and sits on the parliamentary Foreign Affai......

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