The Presidential Office has refuted a Guardian report that Taiwan's 13,000 convenience stores could be included in its war preparations. The report cited unnamed sources as saying, in the event of a conflict with China, they could be turned into emergency depots, providing food, medicine and information to civilians.
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00:00The presidential office has refuted reports that Taiwan's convenience stores could be included in the country's disaster response preparations.
00:08The Guardian reported that Taiwan was looking into destinating convenience stores as emergency depots in the event of a conflict with China.
00:16They would provide food and medicine to civilians and help pass on information from the government.
00:22These stores are everywhere in Taiwan, with over 13,000 around the country.
00:26The Guardian cited unnamed officials for the information.
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