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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Chinese Foreign Policy Toward Taiwan: With Scott McDonald
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ziemowit Gowin is joined by Scott McDonald to discuss the latest events in the ongoing dispute between China and Taiwan.
Among the topics covered:
What Secretary of State Blinken’s recent visit to Beijing signals about U.S. policy toward China;
Why Taiwan matters to the Chinese Communist Party;
How the war in Ukraine is shaping hostilities between China and Taiwan;
Why China’s attempt to assimilate Taiwan will probably fail;
How classical Chinese philosophy informs Chinese foreign policy;
Whether China is an enemy of the U.S.;
How America’s interests in Taiwan...