If China tries to annex the self-governing island, as it has repeatedly threatened, Taiwan says it needs to be able to communicate with global leaders, and its own citizens, in real time
Should China try to annex the self-governing island, as it has repeatedly threatened,“As we’ve seen from the Ukrainian experience, real-time video conference is really important,” Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s new Minister of Digital Affairs, said in an interview Monday.
Taiwan has about 15 undersea cables connecting it to the world and which transmit digital communications such as phone calls and e-mail.at just three places in Taiwan: the city of New Taipei, the town of Toucheng in the north, and the town of Fangshan in the south. The centre said analysis of open-source data showed submarine cable landing stations are among China’s strategic points of interest when it comes to invasion planning.
Ms. Tang, recently appointed as Taiwan’s first Digital Affairs Minister, is tasked with boosting the island’s “digital resilience,” a phrase that means not only safeguarding it from cyberattacks but using technology to recover from disasters or adversity and anticipate future threats – for example, learning from the severe acute respiratory syndrome crisis of 2003 and applying those lessons to fighting COVID-19.
“It’s simple: Democracy doesn’t work. Democracy always leads to chaos. Democracy cannot counter the pandemic. Democracy cannot even run an election properly,” she said of the Chinese propaganda. Taiwan’s solution to battling disinformation involves independent, citizen-initiated fact-checking efforts such as Cofacts. Taiwanese can send suspicious information to the crowdsourced initiative for review.
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