How will Taiwan deal with a Chinese invasion? Here's the plan
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Taiwan's Defence Ministry announced on Tuesday (Nov 18) that the government will start sending a booklet to its citizens from this week, which will have all the details about the process.
Amid the ongoing diplomatic drama between Japan and China over Taiwan, the island nation has come up with a plan to deal with emergencies like natural disasters and a Chinese invasion. Taiwan's Defence Ministry announced on Tuesday (Nov 18) that the government will start sending a booklet to its citizens from this week, which will have all the details about the process.
The booklet was unveiled in September only, and the ministry said the distribution will begin this week and end by January next year. As per CNN, the booklet will include guidelines on what supplies to stockpile in households and put in go-bags, and instructions on what to do when encountering enemy soldiers.
The booklet said that during a military invasion, “any claims that the government has surrendered or that the nation has been defeated is false."
“Given natural disasters such as typhoons and the military threat from China, we want our people to understand that the more prepared we are, the safer we will be," director of the Taiwanese military’s All-Out Defence Mobilisation Agency Shen Wei-chih said in a press briefing.
Amid diplomatic tensions with Japan after the newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan, China has instructed its citizens to avoid travelling to Japan. This was after Takaichi told the Japanese Parliament on November 7 that use of force against the self-ruled island claimed by China could warrant a military response from Tokyo.
China's embassy in Japan warned its citizens against travelling to the country by posting online on Friday (Nov 14), "Recently, Japanese leaders have made blatantly provocative remarks regarding Taiwan, severely damaging the atmosphere for people-to-people exchanges."
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"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese embassy and consulates in Japan solemnly remind Chinese citizens to avoid travelling to Japan in the near future," the statement added.
