Taiwan-China Cross-Strait Tensions

Chinese Dollar Diplomacy as U.S.-Philippines-Taiwan Defense Ties Grow

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As Taiwan’s southern neighbor the Philippines pivots closer to the U.S, we’ll look at China’s attempts to win back the island nation with fertilizer. Taiwan Talks also takes a deep dive into how Taiwan’s home-built Yushan-class landing platform dock means for the nation’s defense, as the U.S. enhances defense cooperation with countries in the Pacific first island chain. Our guests are: Leonard Chao - Former Taiwan Ambassador to the Kingdom of Eswatini and Taiwan People’s Party Mainland China Affairs Committee Chair Stephen Tan - International Policy Advisory Group Managing Director Jason Hsu - Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Senior Research Fellow and former legislator (KMT) We also hear from: Rick Fisher - International Assessment and Strategy Center Senior Fellow and PLA expert