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China’s economic coercion will only hasten Taiwan’s efforts to diversify trade links

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FILE PHOTO: A general view of a container terminal and the port during sunset in Keelung, Taiwan, June 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

For the first three months of 2024, China’s share of Taiwan’s total exports fell to 30.7 per cent, a 22-year low.

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In the middle of a legislative hearing on May 31, Taiwanese lawmaker Chuang Jui-hsiung of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) recited the lyrics of a song by home-grown pop star Rainie Yang. 

“The wolf is coming. Who is the next victim?” he asked during an exchange with Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai, quoting from the 2007 song Wolf Coming.

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