Taiwan Accuses Beijing of Weaponizing Trade & Tourism 🇹🇼

Taiwan President William Lai posts a photo of him eating Japan-sourced sushi in show of support for Tokyo, while Beijing makes cross-Strait travel easier for Taiwan residents. Also on East Asia Tonight: South Korea's coast guard suspect negligence caused a ferry to run aground, while Japanese firefighters continue to battle the country's largest blaze in 50 years for a third straight day. Also: Philippines sentences Alice Guo, a Chinese national who became a mayor, to life in prison for human trafficking.

00:00 Headlines
01:49 Beijing threatens to ban Japanese seafood imports again as rift deepens
11:33 Suspected negligence by captain, navigating officer in South Korea ferry incident
12:58 Fire in Japan's Oita scorches 48,900 square metres
15:52 Google opens new AI hub in Taiwan
19:05 Xiaomi revises EV delivery goal upwards
19:54 Interview with FedEx CEO on outlook, cost cutting
25:11 China widens mainland access for Taiwan residents
34:24 Former Bamban Mayor Alice Guo sentenced to life in prison
37:11 Indonesia's Pertamina eyes boosting sustainable aviation fuel output