TaiwanPlus News – 18:30, December 26, 2022

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Seventy-one Chinese warplanes were tracked around Taiwan over the weekend, a record number for a single day. Faced with the increased provocations by China, President Tsai Ing-wen may be about to extend the national period of compulsory military service. The president promoted Taiwan's first lieutenant-general on Monday, while three newly elected local officials now taking up their posts are the first women to head up their respective city and counties. Also: - Meet the "lizhang," Taiwan's local neighborhood chiefs who work to make life better in their communities. - Acclaimed Ju Percussion Group lose equipment and archives in New Taipei fire. - Taiwan has welcomed its first fully electric cargo truck. But will it help solve the country's pollution problems?