Taiwan Military Renames Training To Target Communist Threat
Taiwan's military has relabeled its patriotic training as "anti-communist" for the first time in decades. The defense ministry says the change is meant to sharpen recruits' understanding of who the enemy is, why they fight and who they fight for, with a focus on China's cognitive warfare and infiltration efforts. The program was first introduced in 1965 but dropped the "Anti-Communist" label in 2002, becoming simply "Patriotic Education."
Title: Taiwan Military Revives "Anti-Communist" Education
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Anti-Communist Education
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Taiwan’s military has relabeled its patriotic training as “anti-communist” for the first time in decades. The defense ministry says the change is meant to sharpen graduates’ understanding of who the enemy is, as well as why they fight and who they fight for. It specifically aims to educate personnel about China’s cognitive warfare and infiltration and recruitment operations. Speakers in this year’s program came from cabinet-level and law enforcement agencies. The program was first introduced 1965, but dropped the “Anti-Communist” phrasing in 2002, becoming simply “Patriotic Education.”
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Military Revives Anti-Communist Education
REPORTER:
Taiwan’s military has resumed “anti-communist” patriot classes, for the first time in decades to reflect growing threat from CCP-led China. Originally introduced 1965 for military academy graduates, the program’s title dropped the “Anti-Communist” phrasing in 2002, becoming simply “Patriotic Education.” The Ministry of Defense says the change intends to sharpen graduates’ sense of friend and foe, why they fight and who they fight for. Beijing has not ruled out using force to take control of Taiwan and has been ramping up military and infiltration tactics.
