By Aaron Tu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe government should proceed with its plan to lengthen mandatory military service from four months to one year, regardless of the Democratic Progressive Party’s （DPP） losses in the local elections on Saturday, a defense expert said on Wednesday.
DEMOCRATIC STIRRINGS: The protests in China signal the dawn of a new era in which Chinese will no longer remain silent and will rise up against tyranny, Wang Dan said/ Staff writer, with CNA
READY AND ABLE: The Minister of National Defense said that the military could switch from a peacetime footing to a wartime one when the situation demandsBy Chen Yu-fu and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA
SECURITY: Proposed measures would either ban the use of China-made telecom software and hardware by government agencies or enhance security safeguardsBy Lee Hsin-fang / Staff reporter
UNSPOKEN ACCORDS DITCHED: Chinese drone incursions are causing such stress that Taiwan might consider they constitute a ‘first strike,’ the defense minister saidBy Aaron Tu and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer