Hi,
I'm hearing a lot of policy discussion about China centered around Taiwan. It occured to me, I don't really know anything about Taiwan.
Can someone here give me an explanation (or provide an article) that goes in depth on the history behind the conflict as well as the modern day interpretation?
Check ou Carl Zha's silk and steel podcast, hes got it up on youtube. The series is about the geopolitical and class, ethnic, etc. history of tawain from 100s of years ago all the way to the present day.
The most recent episode i saw explained the ongoing semiconductor wars and how they relate to SMIC, TMCI, ASML, bidens new foreign policy, the chinese economy and supply chains, etc. Very interesting and important stuff.
He also has a few good videos (within the silk and steel series i believe?) where he interviews the taiwainese marxist "red rapper" Xiangyu, whom is based as fuck and provides some very interesting perspective to the ongoing cold war and its effects in tawain, as well as many other aspects of the country.
Xiangyu himself is prolly worth checking out too, ive been trying to find more content of his lately. In addition to tawain, he has travelled to the mainland many times and even the DPRK once, and these are perspectives i find very valuable considering how interesting these countries are to me.