This Taiwanese citizen is taking over arms in preparation for what he believes is an imminent Chinese language invasion.
“I think China will invade Taiwan between 2025 and 2027,” says Wu Jheng Cong, a Taiwanese sofa-maker dwelling in Taoyuan Metropolis. “These rations of food can last our entire family 20 days to a month.”
He has stocked up on meals, taken up weapons coaching and has weekly gatherings together with his civil defence group, the place they develop their survival abilities.
Native media in Taiwan reviews that round half 1,000,000 individuals have voluntarily enlisted in civil defence coaching. Wu is one in all them. “When the war comes, things are going to get tough,” he tells us. His worry is that the Taiwanese army and reserve forces is probably not massive sufficient to face up to a army invasion by China, prompting him and his friends to organise and prepare for struggle. “You have to start years before it actually comes,” Wu says.
Whereas many Taiwanese imagine China’s rhetoric round ‘reunification’ stays a distant menace, tensions between Beijing and Taipei have escalated dramatically lately. Wu believes that fostering an in depth connection together with his coaching companions shall be what protects him, his spouse and his three-year-old son in case of emergency. “Being in a group like this, I’m reminded of my purpose. When the war comes, there’s someone to fight for.”
Credit
Filmed by: Joseph Mangat and Wang Chun Hong
Produced by: Tierney Bonini and Antonia Perello
Subject Producer: Allen Chen
Edited by: Joseph Mangat and Antonia Perello
Sound recording: Ken Wu
Sound Mixing: Linus Bergman
Colourist: Catherine Hallinan
Senior Editor: Donald Cameron