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Has China Politicized the Fukushima Wastewater Discharge?

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Today, we discuss Beijing’s total ban on Japanese seafood imports and Taiwan’s expulsion — in favor of China — from observing the Central American Parliament. In the same week that China banned Japanese seafood, Beijing also banned mangoes from Taiwan, citing evidence of a pest that could harm Chinese agriculture. But coercion from China isn’t limited only to trade and the economy. In early August, the Central American Parliament voted to expel Taiwan as an observer in favor of China. Our guests: Lai I-Chung - President of Taiwan think tank the Prospect Foundation Chao Ling - National Tsing Hua University adjunct professor - Taiwan People’s Party Mainland China Affairs Committee Chair