Why in the news?

  • Taiwan to hike defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2030 ‘in line with NATO’.

Taiwan

  • Location: An island in the western Pacific Ocean that lies off the coast of South-eastern China.
  • Capital: Taipei
  • Border
    • North-Northeast – East China Sea, with the Ryukyu Islands .(the southernmost part of Japan).
    • East – Pacific Ocean
    • South – Bashi Channel, which separates Taiwan from the Philippines.
    • West – Formosa Strait