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Beijing has sworn to take Taiwan and has not ruled out using force, ramping up military pressure around the island in recent years.China conducts near-daily deployments of fighter jets and warships near the island and regular large-scale military drills.Taiwanese lawmakers have been at loggerheads over the government’s plan to spend NT$1.25 trillion (US$39 billion) on defence, which has been stalled for months in parliament, controlled by Cheng’s KMT party.DEFENCE SPENDINGCheng’s trip comes a month before US President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Beijing for a summit with Xi.The United States has been piling pressure on Taiwanese opposition lawmakers to…

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