I was talking to a colleague from Taiwan today.\u00a0 This poor guy cannot go back to Taiwan, not even visiting, or he will be throw into jail once he landed.\u00a0 He came to Canada to study highschool and university hence escaped the 2 years military service.\u00a0 Although he is now a Canadian citizen, he cannot renounce his Taiwan citizenship until he had served his term.\u00a0\u00a0 As long as he is a Taiwan citizen, he will be subject to the Taiwanese law once he set foot on Taiwan.\u00a0 He said that even changing his name cannot escape the military service, somehow the Taiwan government know you are the same person.\u00a0 I feel sorry for him that he can’t even go home to visit his parents back in Taiwan.\u00a0 Military service a very unproductive policy.\u00a0 Young men wasted two years in the army, not learning anything particularly useful.\u00a0 The talented who study aboard won’t come back to the country since the cost of spending two years in the army is too high.\u00a0 People should not forced to join the army.\u00a0 The army should just hire its soilders like the police hire policemen.\u00a0 Making it a true profession instead of forcing the unwilling young men to join will improve the quality and fighting power of the army.\u00a0 Military service is a thing of the past when the number of men determine the outcome of a war.\u00a0 In future wars, technology and elite soldiers can make up with a smaller army by fighting more efficiently.\u00a0 The army will only have soldiers who control the weapons and the technicians and engineers who supporting the weapons.\u00a0 There is no need for the foot soldiers, except maybe a small team of special operation force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"