The Guardian - China-The Taiwanese civilians training for a Chinese invasion video
January 10, 2024 1 min 116 words
这则报道反映了当前台湾与中国之间紧张关系的现状。文章提到台湾民众普遍面临来自北京的“统一”承诺，近期更有许多激进和威胁性行为。台湾只有16万现役军人，相较于中国的200万人民解放军，数量明显不足。因此，不少民众纷纷参与自愿的医疗和战斗训练，以自卫。报道通过介绍教授城市设计的台湾市民Kuo Chiu，以及他在业余时间练习步枪技能的情况，生动呈现了这种紧张氛围。这种情形彰显出台湾民众的自我保护意识，也揭示了中国与台湾之间悬而未决的地缘政治矛盾。在这种紧张的局势下，国际社会需要保持高度警惕，促使相关各方通过对话解决分歧，避免激化冲突。
Kuo Chiu, known as KC to his friends, teaches urban design at Tunghai University in Taiwan. He’s also one of many of the country's citizens who practises rifle skills in his spare time, in case of a Chinese invasion.
The population of Taiwan has long grown familiar with Beijing’s pledge to one day ‘unify’ what it claims is a breakaway province. But recently, there has been a significant increase in aggressive and intimidatory acts.
Taiwan’s 160,000 active military personnel are vastly outnumbered by China’s 2 million-member armed forces, leading many civilians to turn to voluntary medical and combat training to protect themselves.
The Guardian's video team spent time with KC to see how he is preparing