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The relationship between China and the U.S. is not only at its lowest point in decades, but appears to be trapped in a downward spiral.

With Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterating his resolve to reunify Taiwan, many articles and podcasts portrayed Taiwan as a potential flashpoint between US and China, as if Taiwan has no agency, and there is nothing Taiwan could do. Is that true?

7:05 - How Taiwan's democracy evolved over the past 30 years?
12:40 - How are the China-based Taiwanese businesses coping with rising geopolitical tension?
19:36 - Germany's much anticipated new China strategy.
23:58 - Is there anything Taiwan can do to avoid a US-China conflict?
30:15 - Is skepticism towards the U.S. really growing in Taiwan's society?

Host: Kwangyin Liu
Guests: Gunter Schubert, Professor of Greater China Studies at University of Tübingen

Producers: Weiru Wang, Ian Huang

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