Analysis: How Taiwan's Armed Forces Are Improving Recruitment

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The defense ministry is set to propose a series of reforms to attract and retain talent in the armed forces. TaiwanPlus spoke to defense analyst Su Tzu-yun from the Institute for National Defense and Security Research for more on what effect these changes could have.

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00:00In its reports of lawmakers, the defense ministry put its staffing ratio at about 79%.

00:05It also announced that in the last four years, roughly one quarter of all volunteer soldiers have chosen an early discharge.

00:11What do you feel about these numbers?

00:13I don't think it's just Taiwan.

00:15Actually, it's going to be a problem in a communist country.

00:18The second thing, Taiwan is more difficult because the population population is less than 2,350 million.

00:29So, of course, there will be more challenges.

00:31The most important thing is that the趨勢 is that the future will be changed.

00:36Because Taiwan will increase the士兵 of the money.

00:41This will be better for them.

00:44So, of course, in the past, there will be more than 1⁄4 of them.

00:50The future will be better for them.

00:52The future will be better for them.

00:56What do you think about the announced plans to improve retention rates and improve recruitment numbers?

01:03What do you think about the announced plans to improve retention rates and improve recruitment numbers?

01:18I think the first one is the wage, the money.

01:25The second one is the culture, which is the culture of the community.

01:31It is more of a person.

01:33The third one is the expansion of equipment.

01:36This is very important.

01:37It will allow the people who are willing to be self-defense.

01:41It will allow them to be self-defense.

01:43There's been recent news about personnel leaking information to China.

01:46How do you think this impacts public perception of the armed forces,

01:49and does it have any impact on recruitment numbers?

01:52I think this part will be smaller.

01:54Because the problem is that in CCP,

01:57Taiwan, Taiwan, we need to強化 this kind of

02:00this kind of explanation of the response.

02:03So, I think,

02:05even though,

02:06there are a lot of numbers that are coming up,

02:08but it will also be able to see

02:09that Taiwan's so-called

02:12does it verify that it's impossible to link up

02:14counter-intelligence

02:15this kind of situation

02:16this kind of solution

02:17is that will also be something that will be

02:18as well as possible

02:19in the future.

02:20We will be able to understand

02:21this kind of intervention

02:22that within Chinese government

02:23that there are ways that

02:25you can

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