One of the lessons learned is that more should be done to prepare more reservists but also civilians to be able to defend themselves in a similar way as the Ukrainians did during the Russian invasion.
— What we are doing now is to prevent the pain and suffering during the tragedy in Ukraine from being repeated in our scenario in Taiwan, says Hsiao Bi-Khim who is Taiwan’s representative in Washington.
— In the end, we try to avoid the use of military force. But in the worst case, we understand that we must be better prepared, she says.
During the past year, tensions have increased between Taiwan and China.
Democratic Taiwan lives with a constant threat of a Chinese invasion because China does not want to see the island nation as an independent country.