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BEIJING: China’s military was on “high alert” on Thursday (Sep 26) and Beijing said it had lodged a complaint with Tokyo after a Japanese warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time. Japan’s top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi declined…

TAIPEI: China spent about US$15 billion, or 7 per cent of its defence budget, on exercises in the Western Pacific in 2023, according to a previously unpublished Taiwanese estimate, showing Beijing’s investment in military activity around Taiwan and its neighbours.…