Taiwan conducted its first-ever tabletop exercise simulating war with China. Chinese military threats prompted Taiwan's 3-hour war game inside the Presidential Office. Taiwan's VP Hsiao Bi-Khim and NSC chief Joseph Wu led simulated military escalation.

Taiwan's Presidential Office conducted its first ever tabletop exercise simulating a military escalation with China

Taiwan’s presidential office held a “tabletop” exercise on Thursday simulating military escalations by China, a first-of-its-kind drill involving government agencies beyond the armed forces that highlights Taipei’s urgency in ensuring preparedness against an increasingly assertive Beijing.

Taiwan’s presidential office conducted its first-ever "tabletop" exercises involving government agencies without military participation. The goal was to simulate a military escalation with China amid fresh threats from Beijing,

Taiwan's Presidential Office staged a simulation of China's military actions in the region to boost the island's readiness against "authoritarian expansion."