Navajo Nation's Pandemic Suffering Underscores Lingering Harms of Colonialism

Navajo Nation's Pandemic Suffering Underscores Lingering Harms of Colonialism

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 1329 , Segment 2

Episode: Tribes Sue for COVID-19 Funds, Wasted Produce, Kim Jong Un

  • May 6, 2020 8:00 pm
  • 14:20 mins

Guest: Farina King, PhD, Citizen of Navajo Nation, Assistant Professor of History and Affiliate of Cherokee and Indigenous Studies, Northeastern State University, Oklahoma The Navajo Nation which includes portions of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, has one of the highest rates of COVID-19 infection in the country.

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Taiwan's Mask Diplomacy

16 MINS

Guest: Kharis Templeman, Advisor to the Newly-Launched Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific at The Hoover Institution, Former Program Manager of the Taiwan Democracy and Security Project, Stanford University.  Taiwan is being admired for its quick and effective response to COVID-19. With a population of 23-million, the island has had only 439 cases of the disease and just six deaths. That’s pretty incredible – especially considering Taiwan’s proximity to mainland China. So, Taiwan is taking advantage of international admiration to boost its status on the global stage – even donating millions of masks to hard-hit countries and circulating the hashtag “TaiwanCanHelp.”But China is not happy about Taiwan’s “mask diplomacy.”

Guest: Kharis Templeman, Advisor to the Newly-Launched Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific at The Hoover Institution, Former Program Manager of the Taiwan Democracy and Security Project, Stanford University.  Taiwan is being admired for its quick and effective response to COVID-19. With a population of 23-million, the island has had only 439 cases of the disease and just six deaths. That’s pretty incredible – especially considering Taiwan’s proximity to mainland China. So, Taiwan is taking advantage of international admiration to boost its status on the global stage – even donating millions of masks to hard-hit countries and circulating the hashtag “TaiwanCanHelp.”But China is not happy about Taiwan’s “mask diplomacy.”