Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-02
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – President Tsai Ing-wen promised Friday that she would present a new 
A report by Taiwan’s military published earlier in the week said China was able to blockade and take over the country’s offshore islands close to the coast of the province of Fujian by force.
With the nature of threats having clearly changed as the world enters the 21st century, the military needed to find more creative ways of managing personnel, Tsai said in an address to the military Friday. She added that she hoped that next January, the new direction and the new military culture would become clear
On the occasion of Armed Forces Day, September 3, she said that during her many visits to military bases since taking office last May, she had seen how the basic training of the staff had been imperiled by too many secondary tasks and by a lack of space, which eventually would lead to a reduction in the military’s preparedness. [FULL STORY]