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President Tsai Ing-wen announced the extension in late 2022. China has ramped up military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan to assert its sovereignty claims, including almost daily ...
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) began as an all-volunteer force. In 1955, as part of an effort to modernize the PLA, the first Military Service Law created a system of compulsory military service. [1] Since the late 1970s, the Chinese conscription laws mandate a hybrid system that combines conscripts and volunteers.
Responses were collected from 10 August – 8 September 2022. The CSIS summarized the responses of the experts as follows: China is determined to unify with Taiwan, but Beijing does not have a coherent strategy. China is willing to wait to unify with Taiwan, and the August 2022 exercises are not an indicator of accelerated PRC timelines.
In December 2022, President Tsai Ing-wen announced the extension of compulsory military service to one year from four months from 2024, returning to the duration of conscription from 2008 to 2013, citing the rising military threat from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Taiwan's defence ministry raised the alarm on Thursday about a renewed surge of Chinese military activity around the island and live fire drills, accusing Beijing of policy instability that ...
The updates would add restrictions and close loopholes in rules first unveiled on Oct. 7, 2022, sources say. US curbs on chip tools to China nearly finalized-posting Skip to main content
Women have a long history of service in Taiwan's armed forces but were exempted from conscription. [94] In 2022, Chen Yu-lin, a political warfare officer, became the first woman promoted to the rank of two star Lieutenant General. [92] In 2023, 15% of active duty military personnel were women. [95]
This joint working group signaled the leadership's interest in modernizing the mobilization capacities of China. [ citation needed ] The joint meetings resulted in the introduction in March 2023 of the new Reservists Law that redefined the structure of the reserve force and separated the Militia from the reserve force for the first time.