DEFENSE/Taiwan should raise defense spending to 10% of GDP: Top Pentagon pick

Taiwan needs to increase its defense spending to around 10 percent of gross domestic product -- about four times what it currently spends -- to deter a war with China, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for a top Pentagon post said Tuesday.

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