Hsiao Bi-khim (Hsiao, Vice President of Taiwan)

It relieves some of the traditional burdens of government, but when able, also supportive of the continuity of government and protecting our freedom.

And so many of these organizations that you see, including the Kuma Academy and Ford Alliance and some other organizations really have that in mind.

And that is the more prepared we are, the more

capable we will be in reducing the harm and damage posed by unforeseen circumstances.

It's a continuing challenge, you know, being an island and depending heavily on energy imports from elsewhere, including from the United States.

But, you know, we will continue to diversify our energy sources.

We are also investing in making our energy delivery grid much more resilient.

You know, in the past, the most or the...

The most efficient way or the low-cost way to manage energy was to have a big national grid, but that is vulnerable to disruptions and having a wider impact.

When I was serving in the United States as Taiwan's representative, we had an incident of a colonial pipeline cyber attack, which impacted the delivery of oil and gas to

many states in eastern USA.

And I think from our perspective is to build resilience so that these damages or impacts can be minimized.

And our energy grid is also being reformed in that context.

Well, a lot of new technology or new structures around Taiwan have dual use purposes.

But as far as the windmills go, it's part of our efforts in diversifying our energy portfolio and rather being 100% dependent on imported energies that we have at least some indigenous localized energy producing capabilities.

And in terms of the military aspect is, you know, historically there have been known what we call red landing zones around Taiwan where... where...

amphibious landing would be relatively easier in a military context.

I think every country around the world looks at their landing zones when they have significant threats and seek to fortify defenses within that context.

And I think the new structures and changing

landscape around our coastal areas have also had an impact on assessment of landing zones and different ways of defending ourselves and our military from their professional perspective will continue to work with other friends around the world in looking at these and seeing how we can more effectively deter and defend.