Taiwan's military is conducting an Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise to prepare troops for potential conflict, amid increasingly frequent Chinese air and naval operations. The exercise focuses on rapid deployment and familiarization with battlefield conditions.
A Taiwanese army battalion commander has been punished for screening The Eight Hundred, a Chinese war film depicting KMT forces fighting Japanese troops in WWII. DPP lawmaker Wang Ting-yu revealed the screening by the 153rd Brigade in Yilan, prompting defence minister Wellington Koo Li-hsiung to confirm it was directed at battalion level. The controversy has ignited debate over Beijing's state-led messaging targeting Taiwan and questions about historical interpretation and military education on the island.
