Tensions between China and Japan are rising over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent comments on Taiwan, combined with a long-standing dispute over a chain of uninhabited islands. Andrew Chang breaks down why these tiny islands are so valuable, how Taiwan factors in and how this dispute has pushed two of Asia's biggest powers to a tipping point.
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Chapter timecodes:
1:41 - 存立危機事態 ’Survival-threatening situation’
4:36 - その汚い首 ‘that filthy neck’
7:04 - 時のみぞ知る ‘Time alone knows’
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