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Hou You-yi Supports Returning Draft to Four Months, Then Quickly Drops Idea

Brian Hioe07/04/2023

KMT presidential candidate Hou You-yi proposed to lower the military draft earlier this week, suggesting that the draft should again be lowered to four months. The military draft was re-extended to one year by the Tsai administration in December of last year, with the draft having been lowered to four months by the Ma administration...

EnglishJuly 2023Politics6 min read

Tsai Announces Return of Military Conscription to One Year

Brian Hioe12/27/2022

President Tsai Ing-wen today announced the extension of the military draft to one year from the current four months at a press conference that began at 3:30 PM. This took place after a meeting between Tsai, the National Security Council, Vice President William Lai, Premier Su Tseng-chang, Minister of Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng, and members of the DPP legislative caucus earlier this month. The announcement was expected in advance, with details of the plan reported on earlier this afternoon...

December 2022EnglishPolitics9 min read

Comments on Draft By Former NSC Official Gesture Toward Pan-Green Criticisms of Draft Length

Brian Hioe08/02/2022

Former National Security Council secretary-general Ting Yu-chou criticized the four-month draft in recent public comments. The comments were made by Ting, who served as secretary-general of the NSC under the Chen administration, at a book launch by Chang Rong-feng. Chang was a former Lee Teng-hui administration security official...

EnglishInternationalJuly 2022Regional Tensions5 min read

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military draft in Taiwan

Hou You-yi Supports Returning Draft to Four Months, Then Quickly Drops Idea

Tsai Announces Return of Military Conscription to One Year

Comments on Draft By Former NSC Official Gesture Toward Pan-Green Criticisms of Draft Length

TSMC’s Development of Arizona Semiconductor Plant Could Have Implications for Taiwan’s Security

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