A <em>New York Times</em> article last week revealed the extent of US military preparations underway to transform Taiwan into a heavily armed camp as the Biden administration goads Beijing into taking military action.
DEFENSE BUILDUP: Taipei aims to bolster information sharing with allies, build up its war reserves and protect key infrastructure, a vice defense minister saidStaff writer, with CNA in RICHMOND, Virginia
The Ministry of National Defense is to refer obese members of the military for weight counseling after an internal report showed that thousands of soldiers are overweight, it said on Friday.
The Chinese-language United Daily News cited the ministry’s Medical Affairs Bureau as saying in a report that more than 10,000 service members had a body mass index (BMI) higher than 30.
According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, a BMI of 18.5 to 24 is ideal for Taiwanese adults, while a BMI of 30 to 34.9 indicates moderate obesity.
Deputy Minister of National Defense Wang Shin-lung (王信龍) told legislators that the
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is committed to engaging with many different groups in the US to foster stronger ties between the two sides, a KMT representative said at a defense industry forum in Virginia on Monday.
New KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) is ready to engage in dialogue with US authorities, Sam Houston State University associate professor Dennis Weng (翁履中) told the US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference.
The party would establish a liaison office in Washington by the end of this year to “better communicate our policy agenda and positions with the US federal government, the [US] Congress, policy think tanks,