For China, Taiwan’s elections are a looming crisis
Xi Jinping wants Joe Biden to constrain Taiwan’s democracy for him
XI JINPING HAS a lot riding on upcoming elections in Taiwan. Those polls will do more than choose the island’s leaders for the next four years. The results may clarify whether politics can still resolve the “Taiwan question”, or whether only force can compel the island to submit to Chinese Communist Party rule.
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This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Taiwan’s voters alarm China”
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