In Taiwan, residents are preparing for a possible conflict with Beijing

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The conflict in Ukraine has made them prepare for the worst. The Taiwanese who fear a military intervention by China for years have counted on training in urban guerrilla warfare.

Civil defense and first aid workshops, and even an invasion survival manual have been distributed to civilians by the Taiwanese military. The archipelago, which has nearly 24 million inhabitants, intends to be well prepared for any eventuality if China were to imitate the aggressive behavior of Russia.

As Taiwanese wonder whether the United States will intervene in case of invasion, communist China in Beijing has been aiming for decades to take back the former Formosa. Chinese President Xi Jinping recalled that “the rebel province” of Taiwan would return to China “willingly or unwillingly”.


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