Originally Posted by Skyman65

He said he was going to try to apply for refugee status, but the odds of success are very low. Taiwan is a great country in many ways, but they don't have a very good track record for taking in refugees (except for that one time in 1949 )

He did say that he is rather low on the priority list for conscription due to some health issues, so there's a decent chance he wouldn't get called up. But it's still a risk.