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Military power of Taiwan & China

Taiwan vs China

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Country:	Taiwan (TW)	China (CN)
Capital:	Taipei	Beijing
Population:	23 519 518	1 373 541 278
Area:	36 193 km²	9 596 961 km²

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Military expenditures

	TW	CN
Military budget:	10,5 billion $	228 billion $
Percent of GDP:	2,5%	1,9%

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Manpower

	TW	CN
Active personnel:	290 000	2 300 000
Reserve personnel:	2 800 000	8 000 000
Available for military:	5 883 828	385 821 101

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Land Forces

	TW	CN
Tanks:	1 280	7 760
Armoured fighting vehicles:	2 050	6 000
Total artillery:	1 785	9 726
Self-propelled artillery:	510	1 710
Rocket artillery:	115	1 770

Tanks

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AFV

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Artillery

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Self-propelled

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Rocket artillery

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Air Forces

	TW	CN
Total aircraft:	787	4 182
Fighter aircraft:	125	1 150
Multirole aircraf:	190	629
Attack aircraft:	0	270
Helicopters:	250	1 170

Total aircraft

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Fighter

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Multirole

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Attack

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Helicopters

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Navy

	TW	CN
Total naval:	67	780
Aircraftcarriers:	0	2
Destroyers:	4	36
Frigates:	20	54
Corvettes:	0	42
Submarines:	4	76

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Aircraft carriers

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Destroyers

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Frigates

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Corvettes

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Submarines

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Military service

Taiwan

Males 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (or substitute civil service in some cases); women may enlist; women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat roles; for men born before December 1993, compulsory service (military or civil) is 1 year; for 8 years after discharge, men are subject to training recall four times for periods not to exceed 20 days.

China

18-24 years of age for selective compulsory military service, with a 2-year service obligation; no minimum age for voluntary service (all officers are volunteers); 18-19 years of age for women high school graduates who meet requirements for specific military jobs; a recent military decision allows women in combat roles.