The Chinese navy continues to increase in size, threatening Taiwan.
Here s What You Need to Know: Taiwan continues to invest in its national security.
As the People s Republic of China s People s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) continues to increase in size, which could seriously threaten the Republic of China (Taiwan), the government in Taipei has announced it will start work to build the first of eight new domestically developed submarines. On Friday, Taiwan said it would move forward on the long-mooted project to bolster the island nation s defenses in the wake of China s rapidly modernizing military.
The PLAN has aggressively built up its navy, and now has more than 300 warships and submarines in service, with plans to expand it even further. That could pose a serious threat to Taiwan, which Beijing maintains is a rogue province – one it has vowed to bring under its control, by military force if necessary.
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