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TAIPEI, Taiwan, March 17 (UPI) -- Taiwan military officials say they will cut the country's armed forces by about one-fifth as the nation assumes a more defensive posture.
The plans were revealed Tuesday as part of Taiwan's Quadrennial Defense Review, the first defense white paper authored under President Ma Ying-jeou, who is in favor of reaching a peace agreement with mainland China, China Daily reported.
The document indicated that Taiwan will cut its troop levels from 275,000 to about 215,000 over the course of the next five years, at the same time strengthening unit combat capability, the newspaper said.
"The army will adopt a defensive strategy, (which includes) never carrying out the first strike," China Daily quoted the review as saying. "Cross-straits relations may continue to smoothen out and develop in future but the military challenge from the mainland remains."
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