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Podcast: The Straits Times Podcasts
Episode: Taiwan’s message to China: We are not alone
Description: The island’s diplomatic space may be shrinking but it wants to engage the world on its own terms Synopsis: Every fourth Friday of the month, The Straits Times will now analyse the hottest political and trending talking points, alternating between its Malaysia and Greater China bureaus. For November, host and deputy foreign editor Albert Wai connects with Taiwan correspondent Yip Wai Yee. They discuss Taiwan’s foreign policy preoccupations and the implications of the Beijing-Tokyo spat over remarks made by Japanese leader Sanae Takaichi on cross-strait tensions. Up against an incr...