Has Taiwan isolated itself due to its demands for independence?

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Channel: The Newsmakers · 2018 · People & Blogs

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Taiwan has its own elected government, its own flag and its own military. Yet only 18 nations recognise it as a country. And that number keeps falling. Last month Burkina Faso became the latest to sever diplomatic ties, the second in less than a month.
 
Guests:
Melisa Newcomb
Research manager
Global Taiwan Institute in Washington
 
Victor Gao
Political analyst who specialises in Chinese affairs

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