A scandal involving the director-general of Taiwan’s National Security Bureau has raised concerns about Chinese disinformation, particularly as amplified by domestic media outlets.
Taipei, Sept. 24 (CNA) Chen Yu-lin (陳育琳), the deputy director of the Ministry of National Defense's (MND) Political Warfare Bureau, will soon become the first female lieutenant general in the history of the Republic of China (ROC) Army.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday expressed outrage after a retired army general had on Tuesday implied that China has the right to fly warplanes over Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
Retired army lieutenant general Chi Lin-liang (季麟連), who chairs the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Huang Fu-shin branch the party’s veteran affairs organization told a radio show that any country can fly in the skies over the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島), which he claimed to be “international airspace.”
“Let them [the warplanes] come through it’s fine,” he said.
Beijing’s military drills near Taiwan are more frequent than the
‘IT’s FINE’: Retired army lieutenant general Chi Lin-liang reportedly told a radio show that China’s military drills near Taiwan should not be considered harassmentBy Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA