Today, President Tsai Ing-wen opened the Yushan Forum in Taipei with a warning that the regional order is under threat from expansionist authoritarian regimes. Meanwhile, the defense ministry says it will announce plans to extend the period of compulsory military service for Taiwan's young men to one year from the current four months. And as Taiwan's government faces calls to rethink its policy of phasing out nuclear power, we take a deeper look at the history of nuclear energy in the country going back to the 1970s. Also today:
- Final preparations for the National Day parade
- Consensus on Taichung's power plant plans
- U.N. Human Rights Council rejects debate on China's abuses in Xinjiang