TAIPEI: The chairman of a Taiwan shipbuilding company that won a contract to build six naval ships was charged in a loan fraud case Tuesday, dealing a blow to the island’s ambition to grow its domestic defence industry.
Taiwan relies on its main ally the US as its biggest arms supplier, but President Tsai Ing-wen has been pushing to strengthen its own military equipment technology and manufacturing capabilities since she came to power in May 2016.
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