TAINAN, Taiwan -- Over 1,500 people gathered in Taiwan's southern city of Tainan on Thursday to test the ability of civil society -- as opposed to the military -- to respond to disasters amid deteriorating relations with China.
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Participants in Taiwan's civil defense drill tend to a "patient" in Tainan on March 27. (Photo by Cheng Ting-fang)
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