Countries with diplomatic ties to Taiwan are blackmailing Taipei before ditching ties in favour of Beijing.
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Jason Lim is Senior Lecturer in Asian History at the University of Wollongong. His research interests are centred on relations within East and Southeast Asia since 1949, overseas Chinese history and current questions of identity, and the modern history and politics of Singapore. He is also currently the International History Review Editor of the Asian Studies Review.