Beijing’s military build-up of three artificial islets in the South China Sea has raised concern on Taiwan over whether it should extend the runway of its Taiping Island to handle bigger warplanes.
But opposition lawmakers said Taiwan would be better off completing an expansion of the pier on Taiping to accommodate all kinds of vessels, including military frigates.
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