DEFENSE / KMT blocking defense budget could harm Taiwan-U.S. relations: scholar
07/29/2025 04:22 PM
After the failure of Saturday's mass recall of 24 opposition Kuomintang (KMT) legislators, Taiwan-U.S. relations could be "significantly harmed" if the defense budget is blocked, a U.S. scholar said Tuesday.
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