China’s ‘reunification’ energy plan is cognitive warfare: MOEABy Liao Chia-ning and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerChina’s proposition of “reunification” to stabilize Taiwan’s energy supplies would not happen, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Ho Chin-tsang (何晉滄) said today, calling it cognitive warfare. An oil taker is docked at CPC Corp, Taiwan’s third liquefied natural gas terminal in Taoyuan’s Guanyin District in an undated photograph. Photo: screen grab from CPC Corp, Taiwan’s Web siteIt would be impossible for the energy supply system across the Strait to be interconnected, Ho said. The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said that it has adequate safety reserves and contingency measures to ensure stable energy supplies, such as alternative supplies from the US. Last year, natural gas accounted for almost half of Taiwan’s energy generation, with approximately one-third sourced from Qatar and transported via the Strait of Hormuz.

Source: Taipei Times March 19, 2026 09:24 UTC