Current Affairs Taiwan \u53f0\u7063\u6642\u4e8b #40 (04-13-2020) Soft Power and the Propaganda Wars
\nMichael Turton (\u9ea5\u54f2\u6069) and co-host Courtney Donovan Smith (\u77f3\u6771\u6587) take on the week's news, including China pressuring Taiwan militarily and via a massive propaganda push, updates on the Han Recall and his new lawsuit to try to stop it, the complexities of changing national airline names for Taiwan, a discussion on international media coverage of Taiwan, plans for subsidizing universities now that China is cutting some of their supply of students, the KMT chair Johnny Chiang making some right moves, EU parliament and overseas reaction to Taiwan's soft-power reputation.
\nNote: For clarification, Wisconsin's State Council rejected China's request to pass a bill that would praise China and instead passed a resolution that blasted China. However, this action by China is part of a new aggressive push in a propaganda war.
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