Han Kuang Exercise

It will take a village, Taiwan, the United States, Japan, and other countries on the first island chain.

Taiwan's annual military drill, the Han Kuang exercise, just concluded on August 14th.

Military deterrence is a very important element.

In this episode, we'll talk about this year's exercise and what's next.

For that, I spoke with the perfect experts.

Max Sung-chih Yu, a retired major general in Taiwan and a former dean of the Political Warfare College within Taiwan's National Defense University, and Kitch Liao, associate director of the Atlantic Council Global China Hub in Washington.

We discussed the highlights of the Han Kuang exercise, what it revealed, and more importantly, the million-dollar question, Taiwanese people's will to fight.

Let's start.

It will take a village, Taiwan, the United States, Japan, and other countries on the first island chain.

Taiwan's annual military drill, the Hong Kong exercise, just concluded on August 14th.

Military deterrence is a very important element.

In this episode, we'll talk about this year's exercise and what's next.

We will also cover the broader invisible wall on Taiwan.

For that, I spoke with the perfect experts, Max Tsang-Chu Yu, a retired major general in Taiwan and a former dean of the Political Warfare College within Taiwan's National Defense University, and Kitch Lau, associate director of the Atlantic Council Global China Hub in Washington.

We discussed the highlights of the Hong Kong exercise, what it revealed, and more importantly, the million-dollar question, Taiwanese people's will to fight.

Let's start.

Mm-hmm.

They just completed their Han Kuang forty-two readiness drills, and the intelligence highlights a major shift in how they are training right now.

They weren't just practicing how to repel a traditional beach landing anymore.

No, not at all.