Rebuking China or Risking Future Development
Key Words
- rebuke (v.) 斥責
- legislature (n.)立法院
- demographics (n.) 人口統計資料
- democratic (a.)民主的seek to
- seek to (v.) 試圖；設法
- whittle縮減
- diplomatic (a.) 外交的
- loom (v.) 隱約出現
- proxy (n.) 代理人
- suppress (v.) 鎮壓
Tsai Ing-wen has won a landslide victory in a hotly contested election. Tsai’s party, the Democratic Progressive Party, also maintained its majority in Taiwan’s legislature, which means a clear path for Tsai to push through a number of reforms.
This year, demographics played in Tsai’s favor. Young people identify with Taiwan and the democratic values that Tsai promised to protect to a greater degree than her competitor. China has sought to isolate Taiwan, whittling down Taiwan’s diplomatic allies. China has also refused to rule out military force against Taiwan for the sake of reunification.
While China looms in the background of every Taiwanese election, this presidential race turned into a proxy vote on how Taiwan should engage with China since China’s suppressing protests in Hong Kong has cast a shadow over Taiwan’s future.
Analysts forecast more obstacles in cross-Straits relations after the election. In the next four years, Tsai will have to delicately balance growing calls for independence among her supporters and Beijing will continue to squeeze Taiwan internationally.
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