Taiwan tension, military stand-off and silicon chips; Europe confronts Beijing debt and influence
SCMP, 19 Apr 2021
Taiwan has been in the headlines during a week that a delegation sent by US President Biden visited the self-ruled island, and when Beijing mounted what was seen as an aggressive show of force towards Taipei. This week’s China Geopolitics podcast also looks into the pressure on Japanese PM Suga, how Taiwan company TMSC emerged as top global semiconductor supplier, and why the EU refuses to bail out Montenegro’s massive debt to China for a highway connecting Montenegro's capital with its main seaport. #scmppodcasts