Bangkok taiwan will distribute civil defense manuals to households to prepare for emergencies:angkok Taiwan will distribute civil defense manuals to households to prepare for emergencies, including a possible attack by China, and has arrested a Chinese national on espionage charges, as Tuvalu’s leader reiterated special ties during a visit to the island.
According to Thai News Agency, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense announced today that it will begin distributing Chinese-language guidebooks to more than 9.8 million household mailboxes across Taiwan this week, with English and other foreign language guidebooks to follow soon. This is the first time Taiwan has distributed such guidebooks.
Taiwan released the handbook in September. It includes, for the first time, guidelines on how to act when confronted by enemy troops, and emphasizes that any claim of Taiwan’s surrender should be dismissed as false. It also includes advice on searching for bomb shelters and preparing emergency kits.
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s Justice Ministry’s Bureau of Investigation said a Chinese national was arrested on suspicion of espionage after authorities foiled a plot to lure current and former Taiwanese soldiers into collecting classified information. The Hong Kong-based Chinese national, acting on orders from the Chinese military, traveled to Taiwan under the pretext of business or tourism and recruited two retired soldiers as core members of the espionage group, and later recruited more active soldiers. The statement did not specify the gender of the Chinese national or the six other detained individuals.
Prime Minister Feleti Teo of Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation located halfway between Hawaii and Australia, said at a welcoming ceremony hosted by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at the Presidential Office in Taipei that he was always deeply impressed by the warm welcome she received whenever she visited Taiwan. Tuvalu cherishes the special relationship it has with Taiwan, a relationship built on shared values of democracy, mutual trust, and unwavering cooperation. This relationship has stood the test of time and has proven itself to be enduring and sustainable over the past 46 years.
Tuvalu is one of 12 countries with formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, three of which are in the Pacific Ocean. Tuvalu had said it would sign its first treaty with Taiwan during the prime minister’s visit, as part of a diplomatic push to formally recognize its permanent statehood. Tuvalu had a population of 9,432, according to Worldometers as of November 17, 2025, and with half of its major cities predicted to be submerged by 2050, it relies on international assistance to reinforce its coastline.