Africa Is Closing The Door On Taiwan
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The episode discusses Taiwan's diminishing diplomatic presence in Africa and recent developments regarding Chinese influence and labor disputes in the region.
Taiwan's delegates to the Our Ocean Conference scheduled to take place in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa next week will not be permitted to participate, according to a well-placed source. If this is the case, it would mark the third major setback for Taiwan in Africa over the past several weeks. Last month, the digital rights conference Rightscon was canceled in Lusaka, in part due to pressure from the Chinese embassy to block the participation of a small group of delegates from Taiwan. Around the same time, three African Indian Ocean island states refused to grant Taiwan President Lai Ching-te permission to overfly for a scheduled trip to Eswatini. Plus, Eric, Cobus & Géraud discuss how a labor dispute at a massive Chinese-run cobalt mine in the DRC came to an end and the latest in the U.S.-China critical minerals competition in Africa. 📌 Topics Covered in This Episode Taiwan's shrinking diplomatic space in Africa Kenya, China, and the Taiwan question Congo's critical minerals and coltan smuggling Labor unrest at a major Chinese-owned mine Resource nationalism vs. mining investment The global race for critical mineral supply chains Join the Discussion: X: @ChinaGSProject |…
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