Why Taiwan's new submarine is a thorn in China's side
800To bolster its defences against a possible Chinese navy attack, Taiwan has unveiled its first domestically-made submarine.
Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has made its submarine programme a key part of an ambitious project to modernise its armed forces as Beijing stages almost daily military exercises to assert its sovereignty.
President Tsai Ing-wen launched 'Haikun', a name which translates as 'mythical sea creature' – the first of eight new submarines – in the southern city of Kaohsiung. It is thought that the arrival of the new submarine will have caught China off guard.
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