[Global Times reporter Yu Ming] After the war between Russia and Ukraine, there was a discussion on the current military service system on the island.
A new online poll shows that 70% of the netizens surveyed believe that the conscription period should be extended, and more than 60% of netizens have no confidence in Taiwan's current defense capabilities.
According to a report by Taiwan's Zhongshi Electronic News on March 1, the portal Yahoo conducted an online poll with the title "Do you think Taiwan needs to extend the conscription period?" 42.6% of netizens answered "Yes, it should be extended to 1 year", and 8.3% said "maintain the current 4-month military training service".
As for "whether they have confidence in Taiwan's current military defense capabilities", only 7.1% of netizens answered "very confident", 17.9% said "fairly confident", and 29.8% said "not very confident". 36.6% were "completely unconfident", and 8.6% of netizens did not express a clear opinion.
That is to say, the proportion of "no confidence" is 66.4%.
According to Taiwan's "China Times" report on March 1, Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan Bureau of Legislative Affairs" believes that some combat troops on the island already have a shortage of manpower, and the trend of declining birthrate is becoming more and more serious, the authorities should resume the conscription system in a timely manner, " in response to severe military provocations."
Taiwan's "Defense Minister" Qiu Guozheng said on March 1 that Taiwan is now "recruiting and using it", but he does not reject the conscription system, and any issue can be discussed. The current focus is "building armaments and preparing for war."