Think Tank Suggests Ways To Strengthen Taiwan's Energy Resilience

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Taiwan has few safeguards to protect its energy supply if China launches an attack. That was a concern raised during a panel discussion hosted by the US-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which also suggested ways to remedy the situation.

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00:00Taiwan lacks ways to protect its energy supply in the event of a Chinese attack.

00:05That was one concern raised in a panel discussion held by the U.S.-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

00:13That if they have an LNG plant having maintenance, a coal plant having maintenance,

00:17that comes down off their top line and they're getting closer to it.

00:20Now if you have a cyber attack, it takes it down.

00:23And now if you start to have a disruption in LNG delivery, you're very quickly in a crisis.

00:30The panelists also said Taiwan should buy more U.S. liquefied natural gas to strengthen energy security and deepen ties with the U.S.

00:39They also had a suggestion for the U.S. Navy to consider putting U.S. flags on ships bound for Taiwan

00:46and conducting escort and convoy drills for commercial vessels.

00:50The panelists said moves like these would signal to Beijing that the U.S. is working with Taiwan

00:55to counter China's increasing aggression around Taiwan.

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