Ep 1624: As the world watches Putin’s War no one is focussed more keenly than China and Taiwan

Journalist William Yang joins Eamon from Teipei to report on China's increasing incursions into Taiwan's airspace and China's authoritarian expansionism in the region. And what are the implications for Taiwan of a more isolationist US as the Republican Party takes control of the Congress? Also has Xi Jinping shown vulnerability as he succumbs to protests and drops his Zero Covid policy?

Published: 13/01/2023

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