TAIPEI: Physician Lin Yuh-ting has taken time out of her weekend to learn civilian defence tips she can relay to her two young children in case China invades self-ruled Taiwan.
There are no weapons, just vital training on how to react to China's hybrid warfare.The classes are part of a growing Taiwanese urgency to be ready for a worst-case scenario after seeing the Ukraine war from afar and enduring two rounds of Chinese drills in the past year, including exercises that ended last week.'When there's the possibility of a war, I think we should get prepared,' said 45-year-old Lin, who was attending the Kuma Academy's classes in Taipei.
That wider trend among Taiwan's 23 million people has seen civilians taking part in war drills, and the government holding air raid practice across the island and creating a Chinese invasion handbook.Kuma has been bankrolled by several wealthy entrepreneurs who are pouring millions into the island's defence, including Robert Tsao, the founder of Taiwan's first semiconductor company UMC.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Gabriela: Chinese ambassador ‘crossed the line’ with Taiwan OFWs remarkGabriela Women’s Party on Tuesday slammed Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian&39;s remarks about overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan, saying that he has “crossed the line.”
Read more »
No requests for repatriation from OFWs in Taiwan — DFAThe Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has yet to receive requests for repatriation from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan amid comments made by a Chinese official that they may be affected by the creation of new EDCA bases near the Taiwan Strait. “As far as the Filipinos in Taiwan are concerned, wala pa kaming nababalitaan na gustong umuwi o nababahala. Sanay na sila dito, no,” DFA Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega said at the Laging Handa briefing.
Read more »
DFA: Contingency plans ready for OFWs in Taiwan in case tension sparks; 'friendship to all'DFA said the Philippines&39; dealings with all countries "have always been on the basis of mutual respect and adherence to the general principles of international law, including the non-use of force as an instrument of national policy." "We offer our friendship to all," it said.
Read more »
Simulated evacuation of OFWs in Taiwan proposedSENATORS on Monday urged the government to map out a contingency plan to ensure the safety of over 150,000 Filipino workers in Taiwan amid the building tension between Beijing and Taipei.
Read more »
DFA assures safety of OFWs in TaiwanDFA Usec. Eduardo de Vega made the assurance following the recent remarks of Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian on the fate of over 200,000 OFWs in Taipei amid the strengthening ties between the Philippines and the US.
Read more »
PH official in Taiwan: Why relate EDCA to OFWs?A Filipino official deployed to Taiwan has questioned a statement made by China's ambassador in Manila when the latter linked American military's access to Philippine military sites to the employment overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the self-governing island.
Read more »