Taiwan and the Fight for Democracy
A Force for Good in the Changing International Order
By Tsai Ing-wen
This weekend, Taiwanese voters are heading to the polls to elect their next president. The race has been marred by a misinformation campaign from China, highlighting the contest's importance to relations with Beijing. But, as David Sacks writes in a new article, the three major candidates are largely similar—and will likely continue the agenda of President Tsai Ing-wen, who has worked to bolster the country's defense and anchor Taiwan more firmly to the West.
In an essay she wrote for Foreign Affairs in 2021, Tsai made the case for Taiwan's vital role in upholding the liberal order—and the stakes of rising tensions in cross-straits relations. “If Taiwan were to fall, the consequences would be catastrophic for regional peace and the democratic alliance system,” she warned. “It would signal that in today’s global contest of values, authoritarianism has the upper hand over democracy.”
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11moWhat if China became pluralistic and united with Taiwan?
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11moDemocracy may be the true future pandemic that the Chinese Communist Party cannot stop on the continent. That smells like a second cultural revolution ...
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11moApparently, with 7.2 million votes counted, William Lai from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is projected to become the next president, taking 40.9 percent of the vote. Although there is a possibility that the DPP could lose its parliamentary majority.
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11moAlice Su and David Rennie on the Economist's Drum Tower podcast also argue that a key issue is maintaining peace and the status quo, or choosing between war and peace. Apparently the main two opposition / challenger parties are pushing that narrative.