{"id":156982,"date":"2026-09-03T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156982"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:00:08","slug":"extra-funds-push-taiwans-defence-spending-past-nt1-trillion-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156982","title":{"rendered":"Extra funds push Taiwan\u2019s defence spending past NT$1 trillion for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaiwan\u2019s cabinet approved a supplementary defence budget of NT$145.7 billion (US$4.6 billion) on Thursday, pushing the island\u2019s total defence-related spending for this year above NT$1 trillion for the first time.<br \/>\nThe additional funding is expected to raise this year\u2019s overall defence spending from 3.32 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to about 3.83 per cent, the highest level in decades.<br \/>\nThe supplementary budget, which still requires legislative approval, is aimed at plugging gaps left&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3366266\/extra-funds-push-taiwans-defence-spending-past-nt1-trillion-first-time?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaiwan\u2019s cabinet approved a supplementary defence budget of NT$145.7 billion (US$4.6 billion) on Thursday, pushing the island\u2019s total defence-related spending for this year above&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156982"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}