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China will step up pressure on Taiwan on all sides

2018; Emerald Publishing Limited; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1108/oxan-db234044

2633-304X

Leadership, Human Resources, Global Affairs

Subject China-Taiwan relations. Significance Burkina Faso on May 24 withdrew diplomatic recognition of Taiwan, the latest result of a raft of measures Beijing has taken this year to isolate Taiwan from the international community and convince Taiwan’s current independence-leaning government that there are significant potential costs for failing to find a modus vivendi with Beijing. The coercive measures included military intimidation, diplomatic pressure and a sharp escalation in pressure on international companies to hew to China’s preferences when referring to Taiwan. Impacts Burkina Faso is likely to establish diplomatic relations with China and receive economic rewards. Chinese coercion will prompt gestures of support for Taiwan in the US Congress, where anti-China sentiment runs high. Foreign airlines and other firms will adopt approaches that go some way to pleasing Beijing, some of them pre-emptively.