{"id":1788044,"date":"2022-12-27T15:20:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T20:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1788044"},"modified":"2022-12-27T15:20:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T20:20:23","slug":"taiwan-extends-compulsory-military-service-amid-rising-china-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-extends-compulsory-military-service-amid-rising-china-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"In the face of rising China, Taiwan extends compulsory military service"},"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\">22<\/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-extends-compulsory-military-service-amid-rising-china-threat%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=1788044&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-->\n<p>Tsai-Ing-wen announced Tuesday that Taiwan will raise its military service obligation from four months to one, beginning in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This extension is due to increased threats and provocations from China over the past year. China will host a Sunday event. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-send-71-warplanes-around-taiwan-in-strike-drill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent<\/a> 71 warplanes around Taiwan in what the People\u2019s Liberation Army called a \u201cstrike drill,\u201d As a response to \u201cprovocations\u201d  \u201ccollusion\u201d Between Taiwan and the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s expansion [of military aggression] continues to impact the international order, threatens regional peace and stability, and affects cross-strait relations,\u201d Tsai <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/12\/27\/taiwan-military-mandatory-service-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cThe existing system does not meet combat readiness requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a significant extension <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-64100577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shift<\/a> In Taiwanese politics since the 1990s, the requirement was reduced from three to one year to ten months. The requirement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/dec\/27\/taiwan-extends-compulsory-military-service-amid-mounting-tensions-with-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decreased<\/a> Up to four months in 2013, with five weeks of basic training.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an extremely difficult decision, but as president, as the head of military forces, it is my unavoidable duty to defend national interests and our democratic way of life,\u201d Tsai continued. \u201cNobody wants war. The Taiwanese government and its people do not want it, nor does the international community want it. But peace does not fall from the sky,\u201d She said.<\/p>\n<p>Tsai also stated that more advanced military readiness training would be available. Tsai said that this advanced training will partially be modeled after elements of the U.S. army and other advanced militaries. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-64100577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> noted. Tsai indicated that Taiwan&#8217;s current defenses are not capable of protecting against China&#8217;s growing aggression.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>China has continually provoked Taiwan, especially since Tsai was elected to the Democratic Progressive Party, which supports being independent from the communist state. Following Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-concerned-about-chinas-reaction-to-pelosi-taiwan-trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip to Taiwan<\/a> in August, China employed numerous provocative measures, including sending Chinese planes and ships in and near the Taiwan strait, with 21 of them entering Taiwan\u2019s air defense zone.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-a-conversation-on-the-evolution-and-importance-of-technology-diplomacy-and-national-security-with-66th-secretary-of-state-condoleezza-rice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conversation<\/a> With Condoleeza and James Mattis, former Secretarys of State, Secretary Antony Blinken stated, \u201cthere has been a change in approach from Beijing toward Taiwan in recent years.\u201d He said that China is a great country. \u201cpursu[ing] unification on a much faster timeline.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to The, the extension of service was granted after two years of negotiations and the encouragement of American military analysts. However, Tsai denies that American pressure caused the change. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/taiwan-to-extend-mandatory-military-service-11672129529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>. The outlet stated that Taiwan is moving towards an all-volunteer force but that it was still difficult to recruit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the Chinese Communist Party Congress, in October, President Xi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-could-invade-taiwan-within-the-next-year-u-s-navy-chief-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> For \u201creunification\u201d Taiwan, and claimed that the communist country is ready to use force to get it. \u201creserve the option of taking all measures necessary,\u201d The Daily Wire has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-could-invade-taiwan-within-the-next-year-u-s-navy-chief-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wheels of history are rolling on towards China\u2019s reunification and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,\u201d Xi spoke in the opening address of the party congress. \u201cComplete reunification of our country must be realized.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan will extend its mandatory military service requirement from four months to one year beginning in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen announced Tuesday.\u00a0 The extension comes amid increased provocations and threats from China in the past year. On Sunday, China sent 71 warplanes around Taiwan in what the People\u2019s Liberation Army called a \u201cstrike drill,\u201d in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":1788047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4501,12062,6202,3898,4505,7972,4400,9105,6195],"class_list":["post-1788044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-china","tag-compulsory","tag-daily","tag-extends","tag-military","tag-rising","tag-service","tag-taiwan","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788044","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\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1788047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}