S8 Ep905: Anne Lord reviews Chris Horton's Ghost Nation, detailing Taiwan's indigenous history and independent spirit. The book refutes Chinese Communist Party claims that the island has always been a "sacred territory" of mainland China. (11/16)
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
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| 1:25.9 | And is a former staffer for Senator Ben Sasse, |
| 1:28.9 | and holds a degree in strategic studies from the University of San Andrews, a beautiful place |
| 1:34.0 | I recommend highly to visit, if not to send your children to school there. However, we turn to |
| 1:39.4 | another beautiful place, beautiful Taiwan, off the coast of the mainland of the People's Republic of China, |
| 1:46.3 | much in the news, as recently as the conversation in the summit in Beijing between the |
| 1:52.0 | President of the United States and the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. |
| 1:56.3 | PRC threatens Taiwan, making claims that are inaccurate, to say the least. And Anne has done me |
| 2:03.2 | the favor of writing up a new book. This is a review of a book just published about Taiwan, |
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