{
  "id": 5340881,
  "title": "Extra funds push Taiwan’s defence spending past NT$1 trillion for the first time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/extra-funds-push-taiwans-defence-spending-past-nt-1-trillion-for-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T14:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3366266/extra-funds-push-taiwans-defence-spending-past-nt1-trillion-first-time"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Taiwan's cabinet has approved a supplementary defence budget of NT$145.7 billion, pushing the island's total defence spending for the year above NT$1 trillion for the first time. The additional funding, still awaiting legislative approval, is expected to raise this year's overall defence spending to about 3.83 per cent of GDP, the highest level in decades. The supplementary budget aims to plug gaps left after opposition lawmakers cut NT$470 billion from an eight-year NT$1.25 trillion special defence package proposed by the government.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Extra funds push Taiwan’s defence spending past NT$1 trillion for the first time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/extra-funds-push-taiwans-defence-spending-past-nt-1-trillion-for-the-5342319",
        "published": "2026-09-03T14:00:08.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}