Wednesday 22 March

As Tsai Ing-wen announces an unofficial visit to the US and a senior German cabinet minister heads to Taipei, we look at the risks of Taiwan being in the spotlight. Plus: China and Russia forge closer economic ties, Boris Johnson is grilled by MPs for misleading parliament and the guardians of the French language have a bone to pick with Notre-Dame.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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