Taiwan Military

• U.S. to provide Taiwan with US$345 million military aid package

  The goals are to help it counter China and to deter China from considering attacking, by providing Taipei enough weaponry that it would make the price of invasion too high.

  U.S. News

  Jul 28, 2023
  
• Taiwan extends compulsory military service to 1 year amid China tensions

  Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday.

  World

  Dec 27, 2022
  
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• China says military force an option to stop Taiwan’s fight for independence

  Li Zuocheng, chief of China's Joint Staff Department and member of the Central Military Commission, left the door open to using force.

  World

  May 28, 2020
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• Taiwan’s top military official among 8 killed in helicopter crash

  A special government committee will look into the cause of the crash, a defence ministry statement said.

  World

  Jan 2, 2020
• Taiwan to hold large-scale military drills aimed at deterring China

  Taiwan plans to hold a series of newly-designed military drills in the wake of Chinese President Xi Jinping's threat to take over the island.

  World

  Jan 9, 2019