Members of the public take part in resilience training in Taiwan. Photograph: Forward Alliance/American Institute
The Guardian: Second line of defence: Taiwan’s civilians train to resist invasion
Workshops teach public first aid and prepare them to assist armed forces in event of attack by China
On a quiet workday morning last week, air raid sirens rang out across Taiwan. The eerie wailing horn would be the first warning to the island’s 23.5 million residents of an incoming attack by their neighbour across the Taiwan Strait, the People’s Republic of China.
On the streets of the capital, Taipei, people carried on with their day, just as they did when an earthquake drill on Friday told them to “stop, drop and hide” in mass text alerts, and just as they do when China sends dozens of air force planes screeching towards Taiwan.
The world is becoming increasingly familiar with Beijing’s claim over Taiwan as a breakaway province, and its pledge to one day “unify”, by force if necessary. Taiwan’s population has lived with the threat day in and day out, but as the danger grows, experts warn the public is not ready.
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WNU Editor: One can only hope that all of this training will never be applied. Unfortunately, China has made its intentions very clear that they will take Taiwan by force if necessary, especially in the past few months.
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You would hope that seeing such preparations it would give the CCP pause and dissuade them form attacking. I give that 1 to 10% chance.
Agreed, just cosmetics.
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