Africa Is Closing The Door On Taiwan

Описание: Taiwan's delegates to the Our Ocean Conference scheduled to take place in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa next week will not be permitted to participate, according to a well-placed source. If this is the case, it would mark the third major setback for Taiwan in Africa over the past several weeks.

Last month, the digital rights conference Rightscon was canceled in Lusaka, in part due to pressure from the Chinese embassy to block the participation of a small group of delegates from Taiwan. Around the same time, three African Indian Ocean island states refused to grant Taiwan President Lai Ching-te permission to overfly for a scheduled trip to Eswatini.

Plus, Eric, Cobus & Géraud discuss how a labor dispute at a massive Chinese-run cobalt mine in the DRC came to an end and the latest in the U.S.-China critical minerals competition in Africa.

📌 Topics Covered in This Episode
Taiwan's shrinking diplomatic space in Africa
Kenya, China, and the Taiwan question
Congo's critical minerals and coltan smuggling
Labor unrest at a major Chinese-owned mine
Resource nationalism vs. mining investment
The global race for critical mineral supply chains

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:13 Taiwan's Diplomatic Challenges Across the Globe
08:50 Congo's Critical Minerals and Coltan Smuggling
17:25 Chinese Miner Faces Worker Revolt in Congo
25:00 Resource Nationalism vs. Mining Investment
32:45 The Global Race for Critical Mineral Supply Chains
47:10 Critical Mineral Independence
54:53 Africa and the US-China Tech Competition
01:06:08 Conclusion