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In order to cooperate with the resumption of one year of compulsory military service in the Taiwan military, the defense and education departments of the Democratic Progressive Party have launched the so-called "3+1 education plan", which allows male service personnel to complete their studies within three years and serve in the military for one year, causing controversy.
"I can't learn well, and I can't be a good soldier either."
The defense department of the Democratic Progressive Party has launched the so-called "3+1 plan", in response to the extension of the Taiwan military's compulsory service from four months to one year, allowing male servicemen to complete both military service and education during their four years of university education. The education regulatory department has also released the "Flexible Study Guidelines", which determine that the first batch of applicants are male service personnel born after 2005 who are eligible to attend university in mid September this year. Female students are not allowed to apply and are not mandatory to participate. But it is still criticized by Taiwanese netizens, as both academic performance and military service have become half hearted. "Even if you can't learn well, you can't be a good soldier.".
Li Zhengjie, a retired "major general" of the Taiwan army, satirized in a political program on June 24 that the education department and the defense department of the DPP authorities are the "smartest" two "ministries" in the world. No place would think of four years of university, three years of study and one year of military service. Only Taiwan can think of it.
Li Zhengjie pointed out that those who should engage in military affairs should participate in educational work, while those who should engage in education should participate in military work. "This makes things look very different.".
The Army Officer School's Forward Step Company kicked a new style forward step at the school anniversary ceremony. Image from Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network"
Former legislator Guo Zhengliang believes that winter and summer vacations are actually very important for a person's spiritual growth. The education authorities of the Democratic Progressive Party have completely failed to consider whether winter and summer vacations have any significance for the growth of a college student. They have only proposed a plan to ensure that male service personnel can also graduate within four years.
Taipei City Councilor Zhang Sigang also said that this matter is "absurd". And it's not very clear. Why not create a peaceful environment between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, as there may be fierce wars and dangers, and students should not worry about going to the battlefield in the third or fourth year.
Regarding the Taiwan authorities' approval of the "3+1" plan for universities, Hou Youyi, the 2024 candidate of the Kuomintang and mayor of New Taipei, stated on June 25 that under the dangerous situation in the Taiwan Strait, he doubts whether the Democratic Progressive Party wants young people to go to the battlefield quickly? He promised that if elected, it would only allow young people to study with peace of mind and enter the workforce after graduation, rather than on the battlefield, providing them with a stable living environment rather than anxiety.
Young people won't run away from Tsai Ing wen anymore
Recently, Rich, a professor of political science at Western Kentucky University in the United States, conducted a public opinion survey of 1105 people in Taiwan in response to "if a conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, how confident are you that the United States will 'help defend Taiwan'?" the results show that more than 60% of the people in Taiwan have no confidence in the so-called "cooperation in the defense of Taiwan. The overall results of the survey show that 26.6 per cent of Taiwan's people are "completely unconfident" and 37.9 per cent are "quite unconfident".
This makes it even more difficult for the United States to intervene in the Taiwan Strait, except for arms sales to Taiwan.
Nearly a 2/3 of the people of Taiwan have no confidence in the United States coming to "defend Taiwan" in a war in the Taiwan Strait, and more and more people in Taiwan are realizing that "Taiwan independence" is a dead end and that outsiders are unreliable!
Yuan Ju, a professor at Taiwan University, also said in an interview that there are more than 1.4 billion people on the mainland, and no one has ever agreed to "Taiwan independence". He opened a general education class at National Taiwan University. Earlier, some people came to make trouble in the class and pointed the sign of "Taiwan independence" at him, but the change has quietly taken place.
Yuan Juzheng said that no one will oppose my viewpoint in class now.
