Taiwan conducts drills for potential Chinese attack

The drill involved simulated missile attacks on buildings and public transportation.

In reaction to the Ukraine crisis and amid a heightened sense of threat in Taiwan, this year’s drills have been modified to prepare emergency services and citizens for an assault by Taiwan’s long-time rival and increasingly belligerent neighbour China.

The simulated attack was part of the yearly Minan civil defence drill that cities and municipalities throughout Taiwan conduct to raise readiness for a military attack by China or other emergencies like natural disasters.

It comes ahead of Taiwan’s most important annual Han Kuang military drills later this month.

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[brandonray]

Shout out from the USA 🇺🇸! It’s great to see you guys preparing! I hope it never comes to war but I pray for you guys! Keep it up my friends in Taiwan 🇹🇼

[stacey_rh]

Stay strong Taiwan. Many of us support you and your struggle against authoritarian China. 🇹🇼🇺🇸💪🏼✌🏼

[AdamBorseti]

Taipei 101 really is a gorgeous skyscraper.

[ItsAthos]

The people of Taiwan are different than the people of China. So sad 😢

[PatriciaSantos-qtlw]

I wish them all the best. Taiwanese must be very serious about their training/exercises to counter the typical never-ending Komunist imperialism!

[narayankulkarni]

God bless Taiwan and Taiwan hero's

[samuelsamuel]

Outstanding drills to greatest Taiwan country

[KelliEagle]

God bless all Taiwanese people and the nation of Taiwan Amen ya Rabbal Alamin 🤲🇹🇼

[richardchang]

It's only for shows, Taiwan won't be prepared if it happens, how many are taking part in this exercise it's only showing outside

[stenvaine]

It's not a drill. It's a circus.

[EmojeHunter-ulhz]

t̊h̊i̊s̊ i̊s̊ ẙo̊ůr̊ p̊r̊o̊f̊i̊l̊e̊ p̊h̊o̊t̊o̊🔨🧔🏻

[davegallagher]

A bit like 'Paliwood' this. If they hadn't told me it was simulated, I could have mistakenly thought it was real. Slava Taiwan 🤸‍♂🤸‍♂🦆🎺🚻🏁🔚✊

[EmojeHunter-ulhz]

D̊o̊n̊'̊t̊ k̊e̊e̊p̊ ẙo̊ůr̊ p̊r̊o̊f̊i̊l̊e̊ p̊i̊c̊t̊ůr̊e̊ e̊v̊e̊n̊ b̊ẙ m̊i̊s̊t̊åk̊e̊🔨🧔🏻

[EmojeHunter-ulhz]

s̊h̊ůt̊ ẙo̊ůr̊ m̊o̊ůt̊h̊ s̊o̊n̊?̊🧔🏻

[Gyh]

Here it comes, more tax dollars to the military industrial complex.

[feb-uotc]

I'm afraid you don't understand the history of Taiwan. Taiwan has not belonged to China since ancient times, and the People's Republic of China has never ruled Taiwan for a day! The Qing Dynasty once settled in some areas on the west side of Taiwan Island. After that, the Qing Dynasty ceded Taiwan to Japan. At the end of World War II, the Allied Forces handed over Taiwan to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek brought more than one million troops into the Taiwan. This is the beginning of the suffering of the people of Taiwan. Chiang Kai-shek ruled with high power and killed innocent people indiscriminately. In order to clear up the internal noise in Taiwan, he carried out the Qingxiang Movement: killing or imprisoning countless Taiwanese elites and Taiwanese Japanese soldiers. "I would rather kill ninety in vain Nine, as long as you kill one is really enough." The most famous case, when the army entered Qingxiang, Hualien, on the night of April 4th of that year, Hualien famous doctor Zhang Qilang and his sons Zhang Zongren and Zhang Guoren were executed by shooting in the wilderness of Fenglin , Disgusted and abandoned beside the cemetery. Two days later, when Zhang Qilang's wife Zhan Jinzhi and his son's bodies were found, they were shocked to find that not only their faces were covered with cut marks, their stomachs were also pierced, and their intestines were still hanging out. Taiwan's Lee Teng-hui's quiet revolution is Mr. Democracy. Since he has implemented direct presidential elections, Taiwan people have a democratic and free life. Taiwanese people will swear to protect their country.

[janusz-kowalski]

Why "free" ("free" = under Wall-street control) World support separatism in Taiwan or Kosovo and support fighting against separatism U kraine?