Taiwanese security experts and retired military officials close to the opposition Kuomintang have called for drastic reforms to make the country’s energy sector less vulnerable against a Chinese attack.
A war game conducted by the non-partisan Taiwan Center for Security Studies think-tank found that energy reserves, the electricity grid, storage facilities and crisis planning fell far short of securing even basic power supplies in case of a blockade or missile attack by Beijing.
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has over the past few years stepped up military intimidation, economic coercion and efforts to enforce diplomatic isolation to force the island to acquiesce to unification.