INSUFFICIENT: Many cities and counties allocate a small portion of their civil defense budgets for training, using the rest to pay for banquets and events, a report showed/ Staff writer, with CNA
After months of speculation, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) announced on Dec. 27 that compulsory military service in Taiwan would be extended from four months to a full year to meet the security threat posed by China.