{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8becc71b-c3c4-477e-89aa-eb815c343eb9/642ec350a5f38c00116e6e99?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What we get wrong about Taiwan, with Paul Huang","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f7a11a8cbe4dd53cefde/1642097461837-7e9fcedf87d1e386dc0a752d7ef6b7c1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Last week Tsai Ing-wen, president of Taiwan, and Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, met in California. Katie Stallard speaks to Paul Huang, a research fellow at the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation and a journalist, based in Taipei, about the politics of the encounter. They discuss the calculations behind the response of China, which claims Taiwan as its own; how that could play into Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election; and the pace of Taiwan’s military reforms and how the self-ruling democracy is preparing to defend itself.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Read more: </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Letter from Kinmen:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/china/2023/03/kinmen-taiwan-under-attack-china\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan</a>&nbsp;is already under attack</p><p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/china/2023/03/diplomatic-battle-for-taiwan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">diplomatic battle</a>&nbsp;for Taiwan</p><p>&nbsp;Asia’s dangerous&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/geopolitics/2023/02/asia-dangerous-new-arms-race-japan-kishida-fumio\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">new arms race</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}