Welcome back to Perspectives with Neilo!
My guest in this episode is Courtney Donovan Smith (@donovan_smith) who is a journalist based in Taiwan. He's a regular contributing columnist for Taiwan News as well as the central Taiwan correspondent for ICRT FM Radio and a Political Analyst at the Taiwan Report. We've linked more details on Courtney's work below.
Our discussion topics include the visit of former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou to China, an overview of the political landscape in Taiwan as the January 2024 presidential election approaches, the recent forfeiting of diplomatic ties with Taiwan by Honduras, and President Tsai Ing-wen's US stop over and upcoming meeting with the US House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy.
Recording date: March 29th, 2023.
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Additional information and further reading;
- Courtney Donovan Smith - 100 Passionate People
- Curious Shifts in Taiwan's political landscape - Courtney Donovan Smith, Taiwan News
- Taiwan Report - link
- Hardly a week goes by without a notable piece of news about warming CCP-KMT ties - Matthew Fulco
- 'We are all Chinese' ,former Taiwan president says while visiting China - Reuters
- Honduras says there is 'only one China' as it officially cuts ties with Taiwan - The Guardian
- Proposal of Chinese "kill list" of Taiwanese independence advocates meant to intimidate - by Brian Hioe, New Bloom
- Politics of the Republic of China - wiki
- Taiwan - wiki
