The Economist-Could China take over Taiwan without force Podcasts
November 14, 2023 2 min 219 words
这篇报道深刻探讨了中国是否能够在不使用武力的情况下统一台湾的问题，特别是通过习近平提出的“和平统一”计划。文章指出，习近平将香港视为一个“和平统一”的模型，但在2020年实施国家安全法后，香港的自治几乎消失殆尽，成为对台湾的警示。报道最终通过访谈逃离香港的艺术家Kacey Wong，呼吁台湾保护其民主。这一报道挖掘了当前台海紧张局势的根本问题，并以生动的例子展现了“和平统一”的潜在威胁。对于保护台湾的民主和自主权，文章提供了深刻的反思和启示，使人们对这一复杂的地缘政治局势有更深层次的理解。
Despite the sabre-rattling happening in the Taiwan Strait, Xi Jinping has a plan to take over Taiwan without firing a shot: “peaceful reunification”. He points to Hong Kong as a model of how it could be done.
But Hong Kong’s autonomy all but disappeared after China imposed a national-security law on the city in 2020. Today, Hong Kong is much less an advertisement and more of a cautionary tale for Taiwan.
In the final episode of our four-part series looking at the future of Taiwan, David Rennie, The Economist’s Beijing bureau chief, and Alice Su, our senior China correspondent, ask what Taiwan needs to do to protect its democracy.
They meet Kacey Wong, an artist who fled to Taiwan after witnessing Hong Kong’s loss of civil liberties. He explains what’s at stake for the island he now calls home. Runtime: 44 min
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