Taiwan's pledge to raise defense spending 'essential': Boris Johnson

Visiting former United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday praised the recent pledge made by Taiwan's government to raise defense spending to more than 3 percent of GDP as "essential" to meeting the rising military threat from Beijing.

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