Today, President Tsai Ing-wen meets with a delegation from the German Bundestag, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vows that Washington will help Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. And Taiwan's low birth rate is causing a recruitment crunch for the country's military. Also in today's show:

- Weaning Taiwan off coal
- How China co-opts and coerces Taiwan's celebrities
- Taipei police launch drone squad