Women soldiers, conscription: How Taiwan military is making big changes with an eye on China

Taiwan is making even more changes to its military with an eye on China. Taipei has announced that women will be allowed into its reservist training for the first time. The news comes just weeks after Taiwan announced that come 2024, it will expand compulsory military service from four months to one year. Taiwan, which split from the mainland in 1949 during a civil war, is claimed by China. The decades-old threat of invasion by China has sharpened since Beijing cut off communications with Taiwan's government after the 2016 election of Tsai, who is seen as pro-independence. Beijing has responded…