Robert Tsao: the billionaire funding citizen snipers in Taiwan

Tech giant is ‘wading into the greatest battle of his life’ by confronting China

Robert Tsao at a press conference
Tsao has described the authorities in Beijing as ‘just like a mafia’
(Image credit: Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)

One of Taiwan’s richest men has offered one billion Taiwanese dollars to train a defence force of “civilian warriors” and “common folk” marksmen to help guard against any invasion by Beijing.

Donning a helmet and bulletproof vest for his announcement, the 75-year-old tech billionaire, who founded the chipmaker UMC, said: “They will have to come over my dead body before they can control Taiwan.”

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