WORLD_ ‘High winds, strong waves:’ China hammered by Taiwan election blowback

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‘High winds, strong waves:’ China hammered by Taiwan election blowback

Beijing signals it will keep up the pressure as cracks open in Taiwan's parliament

Supporters of Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election candidate, Taiwan vice president Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, cheer after Lai’s victory, in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te has emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election and … more >

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times - Sunday, January 14, 2024


TAIPEI, Taiwan — A historic third consecutive presidential term that Taiwan’s most anti-Beijing party won on Saturday is the latest blowback to China.

It is not just Taiwan. Far beyond Taipei, U.S. allies in Manila, Seoul and Tokyo are resisting Beijing’s increasing aggressiveness across East Asia.

Despite the significant disappointment of the vote in Taiwan, the ruling Chinese Communist Party is not shifting course. Beijing’s determination to one day claim control over the democratic island remains “rock-solid.”

Nor is all entirely rosy for President-elect William Lai and his Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP. The same day the party won the presidency, it lost its majority in the Legislative Yuan, which signals prolonged political infighting and offers potential new openings for China.

The result looks even worse for the more pro-Beijing Kuomintang (KMT) party. Three successive defeats raise questions about the once-dominant party’s viability.

Mr. Lai’s coming leadership after two four-year terms for DPP President Tsai Ing-wen spells “a win for democracy, obviously, and a vote for the status quo,” Lai I-chung, president of Taiwan’s Prospect Foundation, a think tank, told a morning-after briefing for foreign reporters in Taipei.

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