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Taiwan’s military uses Taipei university for urban warfare training, sparking outcry

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Taiwan’s military uses Taipei university for urban warfare training, sparking outcry

In a rare move, Taiwan’s military is using a Taipei university campus to train reservists to prepare for the possibility of urban warfare against the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), prompting concerns and criticism. Taiwan’s defence minister, however, defended the decision, emphasising the need to consider frontline conditions to deter PLA attacks. National Chengchi University (NCCU) … Read more

Taiwan’s youth volunteer corps scheme in limbo over wartime combat fears

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Taiwan’s youth volunteer corps scheme in limbo over wartime combat fears

Authorities in Taiwan are under pressure to scrap a two-decade-old provision that allows high school students to be enlisted into wartime non-combat service. Under the island’s All-Out Defence Mobilisation Readiness Act of 2001, minors can be mobilised for the non-combat youth service corps during conflicts and natural disasters. But after volunteer consent forms for the … Read more