China’s revised National Defence Mobilisation Law takes effect on Thursday, October 1, in the first major update to the legislation since 2010. The revised law was adopted on August 28. It allows authorities to requisition or expropriate civilian vehicles, infrastructure, energy supplies and technologies including artificial intelligence and drones during mobilisation. The law makes men aged 18 to 60 and women aged 18 to 55 callable for service. It may also cover foreign firms operating in China, according to legal analysts. The revision has drawn attention in Taiwan, where officials and analysts see it as part of Beijing’s preparations for a potential conflict across the Taiwan Strait. Chinese state media said the update was needed to modernise mobilisation for new forms of warfare. The law is the latest in a series of security-related legal changes under President Xi Jinping. Context: Taiwan has been governed separately from China since 1949, but Beijing claims it as its territory.