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Will Taiwan Become the Next Ukraine? | With Ben Norton【Roughly Chinese EP 26】

Everyone online seems to have a confident take on Taiwan. But after Trump’s visit to Beijing, a pause in major U.S. arms sales, and KMT leader Zheng Liwen’s meeting with Xi Jinping, is the political reality beginning to shift? In this episode of Roughly Chinese, we speak with journalist and political economist Ben Norton about Taiwan’s future, the limits of U.S. support, the island’s strategic importance to the chip industry, and the growing fear that Taiwan could be used as the next front line in a much larger geopolitical conflict. 00:00 - 05:10: intro 05:10 - 16:00: U.S.’s arms sales to Taiwan, is that still a big deal? 16:00 - 26:40: TSMC, and the history of Taiwan’s campaign to influence U.S. politics 26:40 - 43:25: Zheng Liwen’s Beijing visit and how that changes the Taiwan question 43:25 - 48:40: Taiwan, Israel and Ukraine. 48:40 - 1:03:35: Japan’s colonial legacy in Taiwan For more news and stories about China, pls visit: https://thechinaacademy.org/ For podcast, search Wave Media whenever you get your podcast! For China travel, pls visit: https://chinanotjusttravel.com/ #china #taiwan #taiwanquestion #japan #usa #war #roughlychinese