Nathaniel Taplin @nate_taplin

Taipei-based journo. Ex-China Columnist & Asia Editor of @WSJHeard, heading up @WSJ's econ commentary in Asia. Earlier Dragonomics Beijing, Reuters Shanghai. wsj.com/news/author/na… Joined April 2016

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The Wire China @thewirechina

a day ago

Taiwan is almost entirely dependent on imported fossil fuels for its power supply, but democratic forces on the island that China would be seeking to destroy through forced unification are also standing in the way of the solution. @nate_taplin reports. buff.ly/tEniK6s

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Nathaniel Taplin @nate_taplin

2 days ago

A #Taiwan equivalent of Ukraine giving up its nucs in the 90s for "security guarantees?" Pretty tough problem: TW somehow needs to keep the #Trump admin on its side but can't give up its only real leverage. Don't envy the Lai admin as it walks this tightrope. #tsmc #台積電

Dan Nystedt @dnystedt

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Nathaniel Taplin @nate_taplin

3 days ago

1) My big feature on #Taiwan’s energy supply chain—its “Achilles' Heel”—is this week’s cover story for @thewirechina TW imported 96% of its energy last year. Prospects for change are poor: unless the ruling DPP and opposition KMT/TPP make tough choices bit.ly/487oGR2

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Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ

3 days ago

“Right now we have basically a single point of failure vulnerability,” Jason Hsu, a former KMT legislator now at the @HudsonInstitute, says of Taiwan’s energy sector. China could “black out the entire island” without much difficulty. @nate_taplin thewirechina.com/2025/09/28/tai…