Taiwan’s Election Result May Lead to Fundamental Political Change in China: Experts

Published on January 18, 2024

As Taiwan’s presidential election concluded on Jan. 13—with the pro-democracy William Lai Ching-te elected as the new president and Hsiao Bi-khim as the vice president—observers have anticipated that the mature democracy displayed in Taiwan’s election process may lead to calls for fundamental political changes in China. Mainland Chinese media, which is controlled and censored by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), didn’t cover Taiwan’s election day voting, although mainland Chinese citizens were searching for live reports online. One netizen among many similar voices complained on China-based social media platform Weibo asking: “Today is the voting day for the Taiwan election? Why is there no news report!”...

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