00:00China says it can offer energy stability to Taiwan if the island accepts Beijing's rule
00:05as part of its push to promote reunification.
00:08Beijing's spokesperson on Taiwan affairs, Chen Binhua, says
00:12arrangement would strengthen Taiwan's energy and resource security with support from the mainland.
00:21Beijing has also outlined economic incentives for Taiwan after reunification,
00:26though it has never ruled out the use of force to take the island.
00:30Taipei has yet to respond, but has consistently rejected Beijing's sovereignty claim,
00:36insisting only the island's people can decide their future.
00:40The statement from Beijing comes as governments around the world are scrambling for alternative energy supplies,
00:46amid conflict in the Middle East and shipping disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz.
00:51Taiwan, which had received a third of its liquefied natural gas from Qatar,
00:56and sources no energy from China, has said it has secured alternative supplies for the months ahead,
01:03including from the US, the island's main international backer.
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