Taiwan can resist Chinese invasion longer than 2 weeks: defense head
10/03/2017 11:11 PM
Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬) said Tuesday that Taiwan's military is strong enough to resist a possible Chinese invasion for "more than two weeks" -- longer than one of his predecessors, Lee Tien-yu (李天羽), had envisioned nearly a decade ago.
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