While China is pounding its chest, EU institutions and member nations are trying to improve their ties with Taiwan. The US is simultaneously supporting the greater integration of the island nation into the United Nations. And Beijing is reacting with its usual harsh rhetoric.
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Every three years, the political leaders of China and African countries meet at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. This is the highest-level meeting between the nations. It will be held again in November, but an exact date has not yet been set. Nico Beckert spoke with Marina Rudyak from Heidelberg University about China's lending in Africa, the New Silk Road, and African demands on China.
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Während China mit dem sprichwörtlichen Säbel rasselt, bemühen sich Institutionen und Mitgliedstaaten der EU um Nähe zu Taiwan. Zugleich sprechen sich die USA für eine stärkere Einbindung des Inselstaates in die Vereinten Nationen aus. Peking reagiert wie gewohnt mit markigen Worten.
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