I am Scared for Taiwan...
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0:00-00:30 Intro
00:31-4:09 China's Actions
4:10-11:02 Language Change
11:03-13:27 Dissolving Order
13:28 -17:10 Trump's Second
17:11-20:37 Taiwan's Leverage
20:38-22:42 Takeaway
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