James Chater

Taiwan’s balancing act is becoming ever more precarious

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen listens to a masked soldier amid the Covid-19 pandemic during her visit to a military base in Tainan, southern Taiwan, on April 9, 2020 (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
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After a landslide victory in January’s election, Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen was re-inaugurated on Wednesday at a scaled-down ceremony in Taipei. As ever, Taiwan’s relationship with China was the central issue of the election. This year, though, a greater sense of urgency surrounded the vote, primarily because of the instability in Hong Kong.

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