The office of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen says she will call a national security meeting to discuss reinforcing the island's civil defense.
TAIPEI – Taiwan will announce on Tuesday, December 27, a plan to extend compulsory military service to one year from the current four months, according to a senior government official, as the island deals with rising Chinese military pressure.
The official Central News Agency, citing government and ruling party sources familiar with the matter, reported late on Monday that her government would on Tuesday announce the plan to extend compulsory military service and that the new system would go into effect in 2024. Taipei, which rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims, on Monday reported the larges-ever Chinese air force incursion into the island’s air defence identification zone, with 43 Chinese planes crossing an unofficial buffer between the two sides.
Previous governments under the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and the main opposition Kuomintang cut compulsory service for men from more than two years to four months to please younger voters as tensions eased between Taipei and Beijing.
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