Taiwan To Extend Compulsory Military Service Citing Threats From China

Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four-months to one year starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen announced, citing rising threats from China over the self-ruled island. The longer military service applies to men born after 2005 and will start on January 1, 2024.

Connect with NBC News Online!

#Taiwan #China #Military

[jacksonliu]

The 3 US-China communiques is one of the biggest western foreign policy disaster of all time. Best thing to do is rip them up and go back to US- Taiwan mutual defense treaty

[chltmdwp]

4 months is a joke. You barely get to know your job well.

[puthushitjininthebin]

The last time Chyna fought dozens of its troops died to India in the Himalayas which it lied about for nearly a year. Nuff said.

[dand]

First we lost tsmc, now we triple military service. Young voters are not happy I guarantee you.

[PlaYer-snor]

1) In 1894, Japan invaded China and Korea, the Qing gov was defeated and signed the [Treaty of Shimonoseki] to cede Taiwan Island to Japan.
2) During the WW2, at the Cairo Conference held in 1943, China asked the transfer of Taiwan's sovereignty back to China after the war. This content was included in the [Cairo Declaration] and later reiterated in the [Potsdam Proclamation] that it should be implemented.
3) On 14 Aug 1945, the Emperor Showa of Japan issued the [End War Edict], Japan surrendered unconditionally and accepted the [Potsdam Proclamation]. The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, Marshal MacArthur ordered the Japanese troops in Taiwan to surrender to KMT General Chiang Kai Shek. Taiwan re-entered the territory of the Republic Of China (ROC).
4) Soon after that China civil war broke out between KMT and CPC, the KMT was defeated and fled to Taiwan. However, due to US intervention, the CPC without a strong navy at that time has no ability to unify Taiwan. The CPC then established the People's Republic of China (PRC) on 1949. The civil war continues...
5) In 1971, UN Resolution No. 2758 ruled that the PRC had obtained the representation rights and all legal rights originally owned by the ROC in the UN. That means the PRC is China’s only legal gov under international law, and today the PRC also become China’s only legal gov recognized by 180 countries around the world, including the USA.
"The USA recognizes the Government of the PRC as the sole legal Government of China. Within this context, the people of the USA will maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan."
Joint Cummunique on the Establishment of Diplomatic relations between the PRC and the USA (December 16 1978)
6) Therefore, according to international law, international reality, and the wishes of the 1.4 billion Chinese people, Taiwan should return to PRC and the PRC have every rights to protect it's sovereign integrity.

[robbiesouthern]

More protection for Taiwan or face Hong Kong’s today Taiwans tomorrow

[pedrorivera]

GOD BLESS TSAI ING WEN JESUSCHRIST LOVE YOU AND FAMILY.
JOHN 3:16👈

[donarrivas]

CH has been measuring the TW defense, and JP pours in its areal defense to reinforce the TW weak side.
Well, Putin and Xi plan to have the summit by the yearend to publicly announce the mutual defense.
Due to the loud mouth of L. Graham, his poor state will be targeted for a RUS high yield list. In fact, RUS nuke team is quite conf. to distribute its nuke strikes evenly throughout the continent and territories, as far as the rental base diego garcia. The top list is in the western part because of un and xi joining in the nuke festivity.

[NHLblkgurl]

It’s amazing that it only took two years with the Joe Biden charade for the world to look like Gotham city and all the world’s villains united ..

[meleney]

It's time for Taiwanese to fight for the United States, you are the best, don't be afraid, all Americans will pray for you, and those who survive will get the honorable American green card.

[lorijb]

They just want the chips, they could care less about the people!

[jgustafson]

Imagine if Puerto Rico or Guam did this against the USA. Taiwan belongs to China, whether they like it or not. I don’t get why Americans have a hard time grasping this issue when we also own other countries as territories. I’m not at all saying this is morally right, but it is the way the world is.