GIVE TAIWAN NUKES NOW!

China won't stop threatening Taiwan. So Taiwan may just have to go nuclear. Welcome to China Uncensored, I'm Chris Chappell. Taiwan has a big problem. If China tries to invade, it could create an energy shortage so debilitating that Taiwan will have no choice but to surrender. That's because Taiwan imports around 97% of its energy. Nearly every kilowatt on that island, like the coal for this power plant, arrives by ship. That leaves Taiwan seriously vulnerable to a Chinese blockade, with or without an invasion. And a blockade is exactly what the CCP is rehearsing. Chinese ships have been spotted in record numbers near Taiwan recently. Which you know is bad, because no one in history has ever said, hey look, a fleet of Chinese ships. Today is going to be a great day. In July, Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration logged 244 Chinese government vessels around Taiwan's main island. That's nearly 8 a day. And it's quadruple what it was a year ago. None of that includes actual PLA warships. Which is a relief. Is what I'd say if it weren't for the fact that those get their own tally. They show up almost every day, too. Roughly 60% of the non-PLA ships are the Chinese Coast Guard. Don't worry, they're totally peaceful. So far, they've only ever attacked the Philippines. Several times over the years. Yep, just some light, peaceful, violent attacks. The rest of the Chinese ships are what they call scientific research vessels. You know, for science. To answer the universe's big mysteries. Like, where do we park the submarines? And which cable do we cut first? Just like Bill Nye the Science Guy taught us. And it's a weird coincidence that a lot of those scientific research vessels are accompanied by the Chinese Coast Guard and maritime militia. With all these ships, China may be testing the willingness of foreign vessels to comply with Chinese authorities in disputed waters, according to the Institute for the Study of War. And also, with so many Chinese ships around constantly, Taiwan can't know when it's a drill, and when it's actually the invasion happening for realsies. At any moment, these ships can form a blockade and stop the fuel imports to Taiwan. Taiwan gets close to half its electricity from liquefied natural gas. It's all imported. But Taiwan has limited storage capacity, only enough to last for about 11 days if the deliveries by ship stop coming in. Taiwan also imports oil and coal. Those reserves can last a little longer, but not for more than a few months. The CCP knows that natural gas is Taiwan's weakest link for energy. That's why in 2025, China simulated an attack on a Taiwan gas terminal with rocket launchers during a massive drill, called Straight Thunder. Which sounds like how a frat bro describes chicken wings he enjoys. Here's what it looked like. Kablam! That target was modeled after the Yong'an Liquid Natural Gas Terminal in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, signaling a possible PLA intent to disable critical assets in the early stages of a potential invasion. So it's not like China is trying to hide its plans. I can't tell if that makes them honest, psychopathic, or por que no los dos. Probably they hope that simply the threat of taking out Taiwan's natural gas, or blocking imports, will be enough to get Taiwan to capitulate. But China's threats seem to be backfiring. Which brings us to this coming November 28. That's when Taiwan's Central Election Commission will hold a referendum, which means the people are going to vote directly on a bill. Yes, even internationally, there are November elections people can escape from. The referendum will ask whether Taiwan's government should scrap its nuclear-free homeland policy. If passed, Taiwan could rebuild its nuclear power plants. The official wording lists the reasons, including enhancing national defense resilience. Gee, I wonder why they'd feel the need to do that. But Taiwan has a complicated history with nuclear power. Taiwan built three nuclear power plants in the 1970s and 80s. That was back when Taiwan was under military rule. The political party that's now in power, the DPP, was formed 40 years ago when the DPP helped Taiwan move towards democracy. From the start, the DPP campaigned against nuclear power. DPP stands for Democratic Progressive Party, after all. So no big surprise there. The DPP had its environmental reasons, including the military government's decision to discard nuclear waste on indigenous land, which wasn't exactly popular with the natives. And also political reasons, like how nuclear power was a symbol of a regime that ruled with an iron fist. Also, the Chernobyl disaster had just happened in 1986, so nuclear power was about as welcome at the time as a crack pipe in Sunday school. So for decades, the DPP has been in the process of shutting down all the nuclear reactors. Taiwan finally shut down its last nuclear reactor in May 2025. But the DPP is also the political party that's most concerned about a Chinese invasion. And they've been pushing Taiwan to militarize. For example, by extending compulsory military service from four months to one year. Some people in the DPP are now starting to think that having nuclear power might actually be a good thing if there's an invasion. Sure, missiles can destroy any power plant if they're not intercepted. But a Chinese blockade is just a much more pressing issue, and harder to fight. So having a reliable supply of nuclear power would be a major asset if there's a blockade before a full-scale war. That's why Taiwan's new president, William Lai, who's from the DPP, was like, well, maybe nuclear can go hand in hand with our green energy push. That's still progressive, right? I mean, left? Meanwhile, the other major political parties generally support nuclear, mainly because it would reduce the cost of energy. So this referendum in November might just turn the tide in favor of nuclear power. Now, I know you're probably wondering about Taiwan and nuclear weapons. Those are a different kettle of fish. Also, who keeps putting fish in my kettle? You know I don't like savory tea. The US actually did store nuclear weapons in Taiwan as a deterrent to communist invasions in the 1950s through the early 70s. But then the US quietly pulled them out of Taiwan in 1972, coincidentally the same year that Nixon decided he was going to make friends with Mao. After that, Taiwan tried to develop its own nuclear weapons in a top secret program. But it turned out, one of Taiwan's most senior nuclear scientists was actually a CIA informant. He leaked info about the nuclear weapons program to the CIA, and then defected to the US in 1988. Now that the US had proof, they were able to force Taiwan to end its nuclear weapons development. Something about how we shouldn't provoke China, because otherwise China might get aggressive, which thankfully they never did. So now Taiwan has no nukes of its own and none from the US, and therefore no nuclear deterrents. Now at the moment, no political leaders in Taiwan or the US are talking publicly about bringing nuclear weapons back to Taiwan. But if the nuclear power referendum passes in November, and the CCP continues to get more aggressive, who knows? And that's because we're seeing a broad shift in the mentality of the Taiwanese people. As the CCP gets more and more aggressive in the region, people in Taiwan aren't getting scared like the CCP planned. They're getting ready to fight. And if you too want to stand up to the CCP, don't go to China. If you want to experience real Chinese culture, travel to Taiwan instead. 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