Why Taiwan is caught between China and the US - BBC World Service

Описание: Taiwan is an island of 23 million people with its own government, but most of the world doesn’t recognise it as a country.

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For decades Taiwan has been caught between China, its closest neighbour, and the United States, its most important security partner.

Here we explain how Taiwan ended up in this unique position, why both Beijing and Washington see the island as strategically vital, and why its political status has been unresolved for so long.

00:00-00:34 Is Taiwan a country?
00:34-00:59 What Donald Trump says about Taiwan
00:59-02:07 Taiwan’s history: Japan and the Chinese civil war
02:07-03:07 How the Korean War changed Taiwan’s fate
03:07-05:00 How the US changed position on Taiwan and China
05:00-05:54 American ‘strategic ambiguity’ on Taiwan
05:54-06:50 What is Xi Jinping‘s position on Taiwan and will China invade?
06:50-07:12 The First Island Chain
07:12-08:10 Taiwan is the world’s biggest maker of microchips
08:10-08:58 What do Taiwanese people think?
08:58-09:37 The balance between Taiwan, China and the United States

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