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Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang has criticized the Cabinet for leaving out pay raises for the country's military personnel in its defense budget for next year. It says it could hurt efforts to recruit and retain soldiers in the face of growing threats from China.

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00:00Taiwan's main opposition party is criticizing the government for not including pay raises
00:04for military personnel in next year's defense budget.
00:08The Kuomintang says this could hurt the military's efforts to recruit and retain personnel in
00:13the face of growing threats from China.
00:15However, it emphasizes it supports boosting the defense budget and purchasing more advanced
00:20weapons.
00:21It comes after the Cabinet announced next year's defense budget would increase to US$31 billion.
00:27It marks the first time since 2009 that Taiwan's military spending would exceed 3% of GDP.
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