Get your Strait facts: China’s quiet Taiwan push
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
We investigate China’s under-the-radar push to get other countries to change their official language on Taiwan’s independence. Would it make a difference in a bid to reunify by force? The case of a nurse jailed for killing babies exposes deep problems with British justice (10:10). And how top footballers get a smaller slice of their clubs’ take than they once did (17:35).
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