Taiwan simulates 2017 invasion by China

[Krueger]

Jul 15, 2013

Taiwan has started a computerized military exercise to simulate a scenario of China’s launching of an invasion on the island in 2017.


The five-day maneuver that started on Monday is part of Taiwan’s biggest annual military drill with this year’s exercise being codenamed 'Han Kuang 29', AFP quoted defense ministry officials as saying.

The Taiwanese defense ministry said that the drill simulates a surprise attack followed by a large-scale invasion by China in 2017. It did not, however, provide any explanation as to why the scenario was being considered for that specific year.

“Over the past few years, ties across the Strait have improved and civil exchanges have been on the rise, but military threat from the mainland has not accordingly diminished,” Taiwanese Army Major General Tseng Fu-hsin told reporters last week.

China and Taiwan are separated by the Taiwan Strait in the west Pacific Ocean. They split in 1949 following a civil war, but Beijing still regards the island as part of its territory.

China has also not rejected the use of force against Taiwan if it declares independence.

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[Pakistanisage]

China will not have to invade Taiwan. As the World's biggest economy surges forward , Taiwan will opt to join China's Economic Prosperity. This is my Prediction......

 

[Ayush]

best of luck for 2017

 

[JohnyD]

China will not have to invade Taiwan. As the World's biggest economy , Taiwan will opt to join China's Economic Prosperity.

Taiwan must have learned the lessons from Hongkong..it will never ever want to become a part of China...there is a serious flaw in the foundation of today's china which no independent country or state would like to oversee and compromise with its freedom!

 

[GR!FF!N]

China will not have to invade Taiwan. As the World's biggest economy , Taiwan will opt to join China's Economic Prosperity.

they're pretty much prosperous,even when they remained detached for nearly 70 years..GDP was 474 billion USD,impressive,for such a small country..it is 30th- largest in the world by Purchasing power parity (PPP), ranks as 18th in the world by gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity per capita (person) and 24th in nominal GDP..quite impressive..


topic....

HongWu's battle plan of invading Taiwan got leaked???

 

[Pak47]

LOL, taiwan. Have their Military Leaders gone


Taiwan doesn't stand a chance, of course Indians here will cheer on.

 

[sweetouch]

It would be quite a feat for China to actually pull off an invasion, even if US forces weren't involved.

The island itself is pretty heavily fortified, and with a large, entrenched army.

 

[tranquilium]

they're pretty much prosperous,even when they remained detached for nearly 70 years..GDP was 474 billion USD,impressive,for such a small country..it is 30th- largest in the world by Purchasing power parity (PPP), ranks as 18th in the world by gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity per capita (person) and 24th in nominal GDP..quite impressive..


topic....

HongWu's battle plan of invading Taiwan got leaked???

Not really, currently Taiwan is sustained by the 300 million trade surplus with mainland. It is, in fact, the only region in the world that has trade surplus with mainland. Mainland wants Taiwan to be stable and not starving because if Taiwan's economy is in ruins, it just means mainland needs more effort in the future to clean the mess up.

It would be quite a feat for China to actually pull off an invasion, even if US forces weren't involved.

The island itself is pretty heavily fortified, and with a large, entrenched army.

...You are seriously counting on Taiwan's military capacity? Excuse me, I am going to roll on the floor laughing for a while. They don't call Taiwan's soldier "strawberries" for nothing.

In all seriousness, if PLA actually launch an assault on Taiwan, the indicator for operation success will not be whether the target is taken, it will be whether it is taken under 48 hours.

 

[ephone]

The scale has heavily tilted to mainland China. BTW, "invade" is used between two countries. We use the world reclaim, not invade since taiwan is NOT a foreign country (If you have any doubt, ask your government first) but a territory temporarily separated from mainland due to civil war.

Actually, during the past 64 years, taiwan also wanted to reclaim mainland as well.

I do not think China is in a hurry so that 2017 is too earlier.

However, I do not think China will take too long either. I hope the reunification can be done within the next 20 years.

 

[cirr]

Invasion my azz。

Over 6 million Taiwanse visit Mainland China each year.

Over 2 million Mainland Chinese visit Taiwan each year.

Over 2 million Taiwanses have bought properties, set-up businesses and settled down in Mainland China.

Over 200,000 Mainland Chinese women have married Taiwanses and settled down in Taiwan.

As a matter of fact, these bridegrooms now have their own party called the "production" party, the aim of which is to bring togeter Taiwan and Mainland China. They are soon gonna have their representatives in the ”Lifayuan“ or "parliament“。

Now having close to 30,000 members，this party will one day become the third largest party in Taiwan after the GMD and the PPP。

 

[cirr]

By the way，the Taiwanese community is perhaps the second largest in mainland China after the South Koreans who are numbered in hundreds of thousands in cities like Beijing、Shanghai、Dalian、Qingdao、Weihai、Changchun、Yanji、Haerbin、Shenyang etc。

 

[shuttler]

best of luck for 2017

best of luck for what?

Taiwan must have learned the lessons from Hongkong..it will never ever want to become a part of China...there is a serious flaw in the foundation of today's china which no independent country or state would like to oversee and compromise with its freedom!

how many people HK has? 7 million?
how many of them are supporting their separation from China?
How much freedom has HK lost after the handover?
How many cheerleading indians are there living in HK under the payroll of CIA and creating all the troubles trumpeting for HK's separation from China?

 

[cnleio]

Nothing new, I remember each year TaiWan simulate mainland China invasion.

 

[Sonyuke_Songpaisan]

I am glad to see that China simulates 2017 invasion by Taiwan. I believe one day Taiwan will conquer mainland china by its political systems, democracy, freedom, human rights and culture influence.

 

[Bienvenido]

If the Mainland is determined to retake Taiwan by force in the future, they would be wise to consider a nuclear strike rather than a conventional invasion.