How China Threatens to Force Taiwan Into a Total Blackout

Chinese military exercises around Taiwan have sparked an urgent effort in Taipei and Washington to address a critical vulnerability on the island: It is almost entirely dependent on imported fuel.

Recent Chinese drills showed how China would encircle and strangle Taiwan by blocking its life-sustaining shipping lanes, a strategy with potentially less risk than staging a full-scale invasion, as Beijing pursues its stated goal of gaining control of the self-ruled island, by force if necessary.