Forging Taiwan'S Civil Defense

• Photographer
  Shih Hsun Chao
• Agency / Studio
  Central News Agency

Amid the threat of conflict from an increasingly assertive China or even the growing risk of a major natural disaster due to the climate crisis, civil defense in Taiwan is taking on greater importance than ever before. Taiwan has a professional military supported by young conscripts who perform mandatory military service and national reservists to defend its territory against a possible attack by China's People's Liberation Army.