China’s authorities criticised Taiwan on Wednesday for searching for to make use of the Taiwanese individuals as “cannon fodder” by extending obligatory army service from 4 months to at least one 12 months beginning in 2024.

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen introduced the extension to obligatory army service on Tuesday, citing the rising risk that the island faces from its large neighbour China.

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China considers democratically-governed Taiwan its personal territory and has by no means renounced using pressure to carry the island below its management.

Responding to a query on Taiwan’s determination to elongate the interval of miltary service, China’s overseas ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin stated that “struggling for the good job of reaching nationwide reunification is immeasurably important, dying for Taiwan independence separatist actions is totally nugatory”.

“We consider Taiwan compatriots are extremely principled, they won’t be put up as cannon fodder by Taiwan independence separatist forces,” Wang advised an everyday information convention.

China has ramped up army, diplomatic and financial strain on Taiwan to claim its sovereignty claims, together with nearly each day Chinese language air pressure missions close to the island over the previous three years.

Taiwan’s authorities says solely the island’s 23 million individuals can determine their future.