The Taiwanese army on Tuesday (April 12th) published a manual intended for civilians to teach them how to behave in the event of an invasion of the island by China, in particular by storing food and finding shelter during bombardments.
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Chinese aggressive approach
The 28-page guide contains information that “the general public can use as an emergency manual in the event of a military crisis or natural disasterTaiwan Defense Ministry spokesman Sun Li-fang told a news conference.
This is the first time that the Taiwanese army has published this kind of manual. Inspired by similar booklets published in Sweden and Japan, the document instructs residents on how to find bomb shelters using mobile apps, how to recognize air-raid sirens, and other behaviors to follow in the event of a bombing. or natural disaster.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken a markedly more aggressive approach towards Taipei since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen, for whom Taiwan is an already sovereign nation, not part of “one china“. Last year, Chinese military aircraft carried out a record number of incursions into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).