China Uses Energy Leverage to Push Taiwan Toward Political Union

China has offered to provide Taiwan with stable and reliable energy supplies if the island agrees to a peaceful reunification. Beijing claims that Taiwan would have better protection for its energy and resource security under a "strong motherland," including affordable, cleaner and more stable energy supplies."We are willing to provide Taiwan compatriots with stable and reliable energy and resource security, so that they may live better lives," Chen Binhua, spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, told reporters. China continues to…