{"id":158645,"date":"2026-10-11T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158645"},"modified":"2026-10-11T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:00:12","slug":"how-taiwans-military-manpower-shortage-is-undermining-its-ability-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158645","title":{"rendered":"How Taiwan\u2019s military manpower shortage is undermining its ability to fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaiwan\u2019s military is grappling with a worsening manpower shortage, with its volunteer staffing rate remaining below the 80 per cent target for a third consecutive year and concerns mounting over the impact on combat readiness, according to the island\u2019s legislature.<br \/>\nThe shortages extend deep into frontline formations \u2013 including infantry, artillery, missile and air defence units \u2013 raising questions over whether Taiwan will have enough trained personnel to operate and maintain the vast quantities&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3370477\/how-taiwans-military-manpower-shortage-undermining-its-ability-fight?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostTaiwan\u2019s military is grappling with a worsening manpower shortage, with its volunteer staffing rate remaining below the 80 per cent target for a third&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158645"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}