Can state-sponsored vacations change Taiwanese attitudes towards China?
Our weekly podcast on China. This week we examine how the Communist Party attempts to win over young Taiwanese
Lured in by the promise of a cheap vacation packed with cultural activities, some young Taiwanese are heading to China for state-sponsored summer camps. But beyond the sightseeing and entertainment lies a more covert aim: to awaken Taiwanese youths’ connection to the “motherland”.
Alice Su, The Economist’s senior China correspondent and David Rennie, our Beijing bureau chief explore what happens inside these cross-strait youth camps and ask: do they make young Taiwanese feel more Chinese?
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