Taiwan media say the "wartime shield" classified site selection involves civilian facilities such as the Taipei Palace Museum
The Taiwan Joint Response Center's classified site selection has been exposed, and civilian facilities such as the Taipei Palace Museum have drawn attention As the wartime response controversy heats up, click to see concerns from all sectors on the island and the latest developments
According to a report by China News Service on September 22, Taiwanese media recently revealed that a suspected internal confidential siteselection briefing from the socalled “Taiwan Joint Emergency Response Center” has drawn attention on the island. The report said that the alternative locations include civilian facilities such as the Taipei Palace Museum, Taipei Main Station, the Children’s Future Museum, and some fivestar hotels.
The report pointed out that if the relevant content is true, many political figures and scholars on the island have expressed concern, believing that including cultural relic venues and children’s facilities in wartime emergency response uses may trigger disputes over safety and preservation.
Materials show that the “Taiwan Joint Emergency Response Center” is one of the wartime and emergency command mechanisms envisioned under the “wholeofsociety defense resilience” framework promoted by the Lai Chingte administration, with the head of Taiwan’s administrative body serving concurrently as commander.