Taiwan's Lai needs to rethink nuclear shutdown plan

Vibrant manufacturing-led economy cannot afford loss of reliable power source

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Shopping during a May 2021 blackout in Taipei: Taiwan's power grid has not kept pace with rising energy use. © Reuters

Jordan McGillis is an adjunct fellow at think tank Global Taiwan Institute and economics editor of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal.

Taiwan's energy politics need disruption, and President-elect Lai Ching-te is just the man for the job.

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