Taiwan Election: The Strait is Wide but the Emperor is Still too Close
The sweeping victory of Tsai Ing-wen and the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan’s Jan. 16 elections was far more than just a rejection of a divided Kuomintang and an indictment of the recent performance of the luckless outgoing President Ma Ying-jeou.
The election of Taiwan's first female president was a reaction against the aggressive nationalism an…
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