Taiwan parliament approves extra defence spending but less than government wanted

​Taiwan's ​opposition-controlled parliament on ‌Friday approved $25 ​billion in extra defence spending, around ‌two-thirds of the much larger package the government had asked ‌for to bolster the ‌armed forces in the face of a rapidly modernising Chinese military. Taiwan's ⁠government ​had ⁠wanted a T$1.25 trillion ($39.84 billion) supplementary defence ⁠package approved, including money for ​U.S. arms but also for ⁠domestically-made equipment like drones.

But the opposition, ⁠which ​has the most seats in parliament, passed their ⁠own version of the spending ⁠worth ⁠T$780 billion ($24.86 billion).