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Understanding relations between Taiwan and China
Claire Graham talks to the BBC’s Taiwan correspondent, Cindy Sui, to get a better understanding of China’s reluctance to accept Taiwan’s strengthening independence, and why reunification is so important to China.
Audio for this episode was updated on 30 March 2022.
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