TSP calls for more meaningful Wanan air defense drillsBy Huang Hao-chen and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP) yesterday slammed the annual Wanan air defense exercise as “just for show,” saying that only meaningful exercises would help increase the public’s survivability against the threat posed by China. A police officer keeps watch during a Wanan air defense exercise in Taipei on Monday. Photo: CNAThe government claims that there are more than 100,000 air raid shelters nationwide, but most of them are inaccessible, she said. How organizations with first aid, gas masks and other materials should mobilize, as well as civil defense groups, were also not touched upon, he added. Wang also cited civilian defense classes held by the Kuma Academy, a non-profit organization focused on civil defense topics such as first aid and media literacy, which have been fully booked with a significant waiting list.

Source: Taipei Times July 28, 2023 16:47 UTC