Urban Resilience Drills Throttle Mobile Internet - Aug. 13, 2026
By TaiwanPlus
Cities across northern Taiwan held urban resilience drills as part of the Han Kuang Exercise, slowing mobile internet speeds to simulate wartime communications disruptions. The US calls for restraint and urges China to end military pressure on Taiwan following joint China-Indonesia naval drills. And Uber Eats is facing legal action in Taiwan after delivery drivers filed fraud complaints, alleging the company failed to comply with a newly enacted law. Plus: - Crowds across Europe look to the skies as the region witnesses its first total solar eclipse since 1999. - TaiwanPlus speaks with a security expert about how hackers linked to China used open-source AI agents to target Taiwan's government systems and personnel records. - Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has died at 97, remembered in Taiwan for his warnings against independence ahead of the 2000 presidential election.
