Dawn is yet to break in Taipei as two dozen armed troops take their positions inside the city’s Songshan Airport. They are practising an assault drill that will help them to learn how to secure an airfield in the event of a possible Chinese invasion.
Elsewhere in the city, heavy tanks and military vehicles roll down the streets, and soldiers build up blocks on a bridge connecting Taiwan’s capital with New Taipei – a special municipality located to its northeast. In a park, cyclists whistle past Patriot anti-missile defence systems.
