PoliticsTaiwan president says defence spending boost aims to ‘deter war’

In a National Day speech in Taipei, Lai Ching-te said Taiwan cherishes peace and will not give up its freedom or tolerate aggression. He said higher defence investment is intended to deter war, not provoke it, and urged Indo-Pacific democracies to work together to preserve regional peace and stability.

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