Taiwan wants peace but prepares for war
Polok Hsu, 7, knows to fear a Chinese attack on Taiwan. But he doesn’t understand why his family is training for it.“What if someone wanted to take your toy?” said his mother, Hsiao-Ying Yu, 42, trying to explain the decades-old conflict that will shape the future of the young boy’s life. “How would you feel?”Since January, he and his parents have attended weekly civil defence group meetings at Shalun Elementary School in New Taipei City.
- ▪Polok Hsu, 7, knows to fear a Chinese attack on Taiwan.
- ▪But he doesn’t understand why his family is training for it.“What if someone wanted to take your toy?” said his mother, Hsiao-Ying Yu, 42, trying to explain the decades-old conflict that will shape the future of the young boy’s life.
- ▪“How would you feel?”Since January, he and his parents have attended weekly civil defence group meetings at Shalun Elementary School in New Taipei City.
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| Publication time | Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 |
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Polok Hsu, 7, knows to fear a Chinese attack on Taiwan. But he doesn’t understand why his family is training for it.“What if someone wanted to take your toy?” said his mother, Hsiao-Ying Yu, 42, trying to explain the decades-old conflict that will shape the future of the young boy’s life. “How would you feel?”Since January, he and his parents have attended weekly civil defence group meetings at Shalun Elementary School in New Taipei City. They are part of a small but growing movement of civilians preparing for a crisis they hope never comes. For decades, Taiwan knew it could count on U.S. support if China were to make good on its vow to unify the self-governed island of 23 million with mainland China. But under President Donald Trump, that security guarantee is no longer a certainty.
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