{"id":1436535,"date":"2022-04-13T22:30:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436535"},"modified":"2022-04-13T22:30:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T02:30:25","slug":"taiwan-military-issues-war-guidebook-for-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-military-issues-war-guidebook-for-civilians\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Military Issues War Guidebook for Civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaiwan-military-issues-war-guidebook-for-civilians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1436535&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Taiwan\u2019s military on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/hongkongfp.com\/2022\/04\/12\/taiwan-issues-wartime-survival-handbook\/\">published<\/a> a guidebook for civilians advising them on appropriate actions in the event of a \u201cwar,\u201d appearing to indicate that Taiwan anticipates a higher risk of potential military conflict with nearby China after Beijing ramped up threats against the sovereign island nation in recent months, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan\u2019s Armed Forces issued the\u00a028-page leaflet, the first of its kind, on April 12. It contains information \u201cthe general public can use as an emergency response guideline in a military crisis or natural disaster,\u201d Taiwan Defense Ministry Spokesman Sun Li-fang told reporters during an online press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>AFP described the booklet as inspired by similar guides produced by the militaries of Sweden and Japan. Taiwan\u2019s new civilian manual instructs the island nation\u2019s residents \u201cwhere to find bomb shelters via mobile phone apps and what to do in an emergency including how to distinguish air raid sirens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The compendium additionally highlights \u201cbasic survival skills for the public during air raids, massive fires, building collapses, power outages and natural disasters,\u201d according to AFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guide is for the public to better prepare themselves before a war or disaster happens,\u201d Taiwan Defense Ministry official\u00a0Liu Tai-yi said on April 12.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Liu, who specifically represents the Taiwan Defense Ministry\u2019s \u201cAll-Out Defense Mobilization Agency,\u201d said his bureau hopes the Taiwanese public \u201ccan familiarise themselves where the safety shelters are\u201d before a theoretical crisis.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20010898\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/wi\/ap\/24\/ukraine-invasion-taiwan-taiwanese-soldiers-salute-national-day-celebrations-front-of-presidential.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20010898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ukraine-invasion-taiwan-taiwanese-soldiers-salute-national-day-celebrations-front-of-presidential-1024x699-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"644\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taiwanese soldiers salute during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan on Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo\/Chiang Ying-ying, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Increasingly belligerent military actions by China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) against Taiwan, such as incessant flyovers that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/03\/14\/chinese-plaaf-orders-13-aircraft-to-penetrate-taiwans-adiz\/\">penetrate<\/a> the island nation\u2019s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), have forced Taipei to direct greater energy toward defensive measures in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan\u2019s military <a href=\"https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/politics\/202203120014\">said<\/a> in mid-March it was working to \u201cboost its combat readiness\u201d by overhauling training regimens for reservists.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan News detailed the new protocol on March 12, writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Reservists in Taiwan have been trained in five to seven day stints, which they undergo four times in their eight years of reservist duty.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new program, they will train for 14 days a time and participate in more intensive drills, but will only have to do so twice every eight years. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s drill, meant to simulate defending a beach against attack, was performed by some of the 400 reservists who started the new 14-day training program on March 6.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to bolstering its combat capabilities, the Taiwanese Armed Forces have also recently \u201cincreased purchases of military equipment such as jets and anti-ship missiles,\u201d AFP noted on April 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe island is also considering extending its compulsory military service to 12 months. Currently all eligible males have to undergo a four-month basic military training,\u201d according to the news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan has devoted increased resources to its military over the past year amid the backdrop of rising threats against its national sovereignty by China\u2019s ruling Communist Party. Beijing views Taiwan, which is an island nation located off China\u2019s southeastern coast, as a territory of China. In accordance with this perception, the Chinese Communist Party has repeatedly issued official statements in which it claims a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.cn\/english\/2021-11\/20\/c_1310322772.htm\">reunification<\/a>\u201d between China and Taiwan is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-46733174\">inevitable<\/a>.\u201d Beijing\u2019s stance on Taipei fails to acknowledge all of Taiwan\u2019s established hallmarks of national sovereignty. Taiwan\u2019s democratically-elected government operates according to its own <a href=\"https:\/\/english.president.gov.tw\/page\/93\">constitution<\/a> and oversees its own military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan\u2019s military on Tuesday published a guidebook for civilians advising them on appropriate actions in the event of a \u201cwar,\u201d appearing to indicate that Taiwan anticipates a higher risk of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1436535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}