The handbook<\/a> includes scannable QR codes as well as large graphics and images to get the government\u2019s messages across. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe pamphlet simulates wartime situations and guides the public in various scenarios, so they can learn to adopt the necessary response measures,\u201d Lie Tai-yi, director of the All-Out Defense Mobilization Agency\u2019s materials division, said during an online briefing, according to Bloomberg.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of National Defense described<\/a> the handbook as \u201ca solid ground for our local governments to instruct citizens on what to do when emergencies including disasters and military assaults come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The handbook comes as part of Taiwan\u2019s recent efforts to boost its resilience against national security threats \u2013 particularly as China increases its military and diplomatic pressure<\/a> in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n China has long considered democratically-ruled Taiwan as its own territory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent weeks, Beijing blasted the US for \u201cprovocative\u201d action<\/a> after a Navy warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, which the Navy called \u201croutine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n China has repeatedly flown dozens of military planes into Taiwan\u2019s airspaces<\/a> in a show of force in recent months. In October, Beijing authorized<\/a> nearly 150 flights over Taiwan\u2019s air defense zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the US has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, Washington is Taipei\u2019s most important international backer and arms supplier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday\u2019s handbook has drawn inspiration from similar guides created by Sweden and Japan and is expected to be further updated with local information about hospitals, shelters and shops, Reuters reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While Taiwan has not formally warned of an invasion, China\u2019s ambassador to the US warned in January<\/a> that there could be potential \u201cmilitary conflict\u201d between the two countries over the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf the Taiwanese authorities, emboldened by the United States, keep going down the road for independence, it most likely will involve China and the United States, the two big countries, in a military conflict,\u201d Ambassador Qin Gang said during an interview with NPR<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cww7news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1.jpg?resize=696%2C568&ssl=1\")
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