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Taiwan to Build Own Submarines to Counter China

Prei Dy   |

Mar 22, 2017 12:12 AM EDT

Taiwan is heading the indigenous route after it failed to secure eight US submarines following over a decade of negotiation as suppliers steered clear any agreement that could anger China. Local shipbuilder CSBC Corporation said on Tuesday that the homegrown submarines could be finished within eight years and enter into service within a decade.