Taiwan's history, Taiwan's future
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Taipei-based journalist Alice Hérait is our guest on this second podcast of the month on significant elections. Alice has a piece in the January edition of the paper entitled ‘Taiwan's divided loyalties' in which she writes about the disagreements over the island's history that still shape its politics and its people's view of their future. In this interview, she discusses the result of the elections on 13 January, a third consecutive victory for the governing – and pro-sovereignty – Democratic (...) - 2024/01 / Podcast, 2024/10 Taiwan
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