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Tsai reinstates one-year conscription

Taipei Times

Conscription is to be restored to one year for all men born after Jan. 1, 2005, starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday as part of an updated national defense plan.

“The decision is a difficult one, but as the head of the military and for the continued survival of Taiwan, this is an inevitable responsibility,” Tsai said.

Taiwan detects 78 Chinese craft in a day

Taipei Times

A total of 71 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels were detected around Taiwan from 6am on Sunday to 6am yesterday, the Ministry of National Defense said.

It was the most Chinese military craft detected within a 24-hour period so far this year.

Forty-seven aircraft were spotted either crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait or entering Taiwan’s southwestern air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the ministry said.

Gou vaccine criticism selfish ploy to help Kao

Huang Rong-wen 黃榮文

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co founder Terry Gou (郭台銘) recently criticized the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government’s COVID-19 vaccine procurement policy.

Gou accused the government of refusing to purchase the next-generation Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, saying that his aged mother is unable to receive a booster dose of the updated Pfizer vaccine in Taiwan.

Minister of Health and Welfare Hsueh Jui-yuan (薛瑞元) in response mocked Gou as a salesman for Pfizer.

China conducts ‘strike drills’ around Taiwan

Taipei Times

China’s military said it staged “strike drills” in the sea and airspace around Taiwan yesterday in response to an unspecified “provocation” by Taipei and Washington.

China staged war games around Taiwan in August following a visit to Taipei by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and on Saturday it condemned the US for a new defense authorization law that boosts military assistance for Taiwan.

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