
CCP Interference Looms Large Over Taiwan’s January 2024 Elections
Published on January 2, 2024
News Analysis Taiwan’s voters are heading to the polls in less than two weeks to elect a new government for the next four years. The free and fair elections are overshadowed by China’s influence campaigns trying to swing the election results in its favor. On Jan. 13, some 19.5 million Taiwanese voters are expected to elect a new president and members of the 113-seat national legislature. Three of the biggest parties in Taiwan—the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the main opposition Kuomintang Party (KMT), and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), a relatively new party founded in 2019—have each fielded a ticket for president and vice president....
