Not so Pacific: the frightening prospect of war over Taiwan
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The Economist
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🗓️ 9 March 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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The risk of a Sino-American war over Taiwan appears to be growing. Our diplomatic editor assesses the frightening prospects and possible damage. Mexicans protest the weakening of the country’s independent elections agency. And why Connecticut has been exonerating those accused of witchcraft nearly four centuries ago.
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| 0:51.2 | Recently, hundreds of thousands of Mexicans have taken to the streets to protest a set of |
| 0:55.9 | laws that weaken the country's independent elections agency, raising in turns about |
| 1:01.3 | the health of Mexican democracy. |
| 1:05.3 | And nearly 400 years ago, the Pelo Code of then-colonial Connecticut defined 12 capital crimes, |
| 1:11.8 | including witchcraft, but the state's legislature has been holding hearings to exonerate accused |
| 1:17.3 | witches. |
| 1:18.3 | We'll learn why. |
| 1:27.6 | First up though. |
| 1:35.1 | There's been a lot of alarm talk about the prospect of war between America and China, |
| 1:41.6 | particularly over the status of Taiwan. |
| 1:43.8 | I've been traveling around the Pacific to watch American forces training in different |
| 1:48.7 | ways in preparation for the prospect of such a conflict. |
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