Exposing US meddling in Taiwan: What You Need to Know with Xiangyu

Xiangyu @ZhongXiangyu, Taiwan-based anti-imperialist rapper, political commentator and host of the Strait Talk podcast @StraitTalkXY , joins Fiona Edwards and Ileana Chan for episode four of the Global Majority For Peace podcast. In this episode we discuss how the Taiwan Strait is becoming a pivotal battleground in the US’s new cold war offensive against China. Xiangyu provides a deep dive into Taiwan’s history and the complexities of cross strait relations between Taiwan and mainland China today. We explore why the US is arming Taiwan and encouraging separatist forces, assess whether the international tensions that the US is stoking up over Taiwan could lead to a hot war with mainland China and look at what lessons citizens in Taiwan are learning from NATO’s devastating proxy war in Ukraine. The Global Majority for Peace podcast brings you in-depth interviews every fortnight to discuss our mission of building a global movement in opposition to the war drive against China, Russia and co