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15 January 2024

Taiwan’s Elections Aren’t All About China


Paul Huang

Whatever the result, Taiwan’s election on Jan. 13 will be mostly about Taiwan, not China. Voters, as polling shows, are treating the election as a referendum on its outgoing ruling president Tsai Ing-wen’s domestic policies and public satisfaction over the ruling party’s governance over past few years, not a vote on Taiwan’s political identity or an expression of being “pro-China” or “anti-China,” as outside commentaries and reports have often assumed.

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