Taiwan To Allow Women To Volunteer For Military Reserve Force Training Amid Threats Of China

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CNN: Taiwan to allow women into military reserve force training as China fears grow

Hong Kong CNN — Taiwan’s military on Tuesday rolled out plans to allow women to volunteer for reserve force training for the first time, as China continues to ramp up military pressure on the democratic self-ruled island.

The Taiwanese Defense Ministry said it will allow 220 discharged female soldiers to enroll in the training starting from the second quarter of this year.

Maj. Gen. Yu Wen-cheng, from the ministry’s All-Out Defense Mobilization Agency, said the move would be on a trial basis for this year. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has previously said it only trained male reservists because it did not have sufficient capacity to accommodate both sexes.

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Update #1: Amid threats from China, Taiwan to allow women to volunteer for reserve force training (WION)

Update #2: Taiwan to Allow Women Into Reservist Training for First Time (The Defense Post)

WNU Editor: On a side note. In Taiwan, ex-conscripts feel unprepared for potential China conflict .... ‘If war breaks out … I will just become cannon fodder:’ In Taiwan, ex-conscripts feel unprepared for potential China conflict (CNN).