In a statement, Access Now says it was “told that diplomats from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were putting pressure on the Government of Zambia because Taiwanese civil society participants were planning to join us in person.”
In a statement, Access Now says it was “told that diplomats from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) were putting pressure on the Government of Zambia because Taiwanese civil society participants were planning to join us in person.”
China is literally Taiwan’s biggest partner…
Anything unusual going on at the time of that pretty graph which might have an impact on global trade? In any case, this doesn’t seem relevant to why the CCP is quaking in their boots at tiny Taiwan and exerting the kind of pressure described in the article.
Why speculate? Come on, bring us more up-to-date data!
No? Doesn’t seem relevant? That’s because you don’t understand “economic sanctions as political pressure”. The US and Europe murder half a million people yearly through economic blockades and sanctions with the explicit purpose of destabilizing “enemy” governments. If China desired to take over Taiwan, do you really believe they’d literally be its largest trading partner? First thing Europe did to Russia in 2022 was a list of economic sanctions, why doesn’t China do this?
Moreso, before the West brought back the issue in the mainstream, regular travel between China and Taiwan could be made relatively easily.