With military intimidation from China mounting, Taiwan’s government has pledged at length that it will bolster national defense. But beyond the country’s military capabilities, how prepared are ordinary Taiwanese people if the worst happens and a conflict breaks out?

On this episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, TaiwanPlus speaks with Wen Liu, assistant research professor at the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica. We find out what average members of the public in Taiwan have gained from the last wave of civil defense initiatives.