![]() Service extension and the Mobilization ActĪs the conflict between China and the US intensifies, the US strategy to contain China in the areas of economy, technology, and geopolitics becomes increasingly apparent. We should analyze the Taiwan Strait situation and the process of militarization proposed by the Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration from a left-wing perspective based on objective facts. The upcoming election is bound to become a battleground between China and the US and will be interpreted as a “test of the will” of the Taiwanese people. In fact, the sharpening of the conflict between China and the United States has pushed Taiwan (and its 2024 presidential election) to the forefront of international geopolitics. On the other hand, with less than 300 days left until the 2024 presidential election, Taiwan’s national question has once again been tied to the race for the presidency for the next four years. ![]() The worrying signs of militarization in the Taiwan Strait are not limited to the expansion of the military service but also include a proposed amendment to the All-out Defense Mobilization Readiness Act by Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense on February 21, which received huge backlash by the public. Since then, the public discourse surrounding the Taiwan Strait conflict has escalated once again. In a national Security Council meeting on December 27, 2022, Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen administration finalized the decision to reinstate a one-year military service. ![]() This is an edited translation of an article that first appeared in Mandarin on International Socialist Forwards ’ website (you can read it here )
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