Today, we examine China’s engagement with Africa – from the economic to the military and political:
In 1971, when the UN voted for China to take over its seat from Taiwan, 26 African countries sided with the PRC. Mao Tse-tung said: “It is our African brothers who have carried us into the UN.” 50 years on, under Xi Jinping, these ties grow ever closer.""
Our studio guests:
Leonard Chao - National Tsing-Hua University Adjunct Professor and Former Taiwan Ambassador to the Kingdom of eSwatini
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Ghanniy Oyedele - Founder and Creative Director of BLiM theater in Taipei. Ghanniy is a writer and director. He is Nigerian and lives with his wife and two children in Taipei.
And our political editor Rath Wang speaks to:
en Chen-shen National Chengchi University Professor of Political Science.
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