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The Diplomat (19 May 2023)

Martin Boyle

The former British prime minister’s trip to Taiwan highlights the unsettling tendency to use support for Taipei to advance political battles back home.

It is 400 years since Dutch rule in Taiwan but Taipei risks turning its quest for visibility into a Dutch Auction of fading Western politicians as it attempts to counter Beijing’s intimidation and haemorrhaging of formal diplomatic support in recent years.

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