1999: Expert believed bringing both China and Taiwan into the WTO would ease tensions

David “Mike” M. Lampton, Founding Director of the Chinese Studies Program at the Nixon Center, spoke at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Taiwanese Security held on August 4, 1999.

Watch the full hearing: https://www.c-span.org/video/?151366-1/taiwanese-security

This clip is featured in our full podcast episode CD272: What is Taiwan? Listen here: https://youtu.be/OIjh-cf3tBM

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