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.
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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.
First we lost tsmc, now we triple military service. Young voters are not happy I guarantee you.
Taiwan belongs to China. The West need to stay out of it and look after their own dying civilisations. 😊
4 months is a joke. You barely get to know your job well.
More protection for Taiwan or face Hong Kong’s today Taiwans tomorrow
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.
A year of wasted time with low quality nonsense and extremely bad pay as well. Once out of the army the government be like: well you are on your own. No support no financial no nothing to help these men build their future. Rather do compulsory service in the US military where they get paid way better.
If fking #CCPchowchow wants WW3, then bring it on
western satanist society now says:
*if a man declares that he is a "woman" then he should be regarded as a "woman"
* if a woman declares that she is a "man" then she should be regarded as a "man"
Now, if all Taiwanese men want to avoid this 'compulsory military service' and declare themselves as "woman" then will the nasty satanist western society defend all these men, arrange satanist gender protests and thus allow these men to skip military service acting as "women"?
also, saitanist feminists are silent.
they will never cry, "why only men? Why aren't all women too forced into this compulsory military service?"
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.
You want them fight for you? They want you to fight for them. They are not Ukrainians who can be easily sold as cannon fodder by your peppet. These Chinese, who call themselves as Taiwanese are far smarter and clever than you, USA .
Hope those smart people of Taiwan, China to be cannon fodder for USA, like Ukrainians ? You will be disappointed again, and again, and again, and again. USA.
“Male privilege” strikes again
Didn't Tsai lose the local election recently? China continues to be major customer of Tiwan products and Tiwan is not Ukraine. DC warmongers are just out of touch.
Well do us a favor and get your tight eyed people out of the USA ….Expect for the dry cleaning ones and wig store owners we love them …..
Taiwan is an independent democracy and everyone should recognize it.
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.
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
NBC now that youve been exposed for covering up important news you should really leave important news to real news sources that dont have an agenda. Youre just another msnbc , one sided propaganda tool. The corp media America has been warned about.
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.
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 ..
While Biden shakes hands with invisible people.
GOD BLESS TSAI ING WEN JESUSCHRIST LOVE YOU AND FAMILY.
JOHN 3:16👈
Needs to be narrated
They just want the chips, they could care less about the people!