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Taiwan Presidential Hopeful Links China's Military Drills to Intimidation
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The presidential candidate for Taiwan's ruling party, Lai Ching-te, implied that China's military drills conducted this week were interference in Taiwan's democracy. The drills concluded just four days ahead of Taiwan's elections. Lai called it the "most serious" interference yet and stated that China has used war and peace to try to influence the election. Recent polling shows that 85 percent of Taiwanese reject the "one country, two systems" framework proposed by Beijing. China's military flexing has diminished in the weeks leading up to the election, as past intimidation tactics have backfired. China has previously flexed its muscles around Taiwan, most notably during the Third Taiwan Strait crisis in 1996. Lai warned that if China succeeds in annexing Taiwan, Taiwanese democracy would be destroyed. Lai believes that the Taiwanese public is aware of China's efforts to influence the election and will resist with their vote.
#Taiwan #China #MilitaryDrills #Interference #Elections #Democracy
https://www.newsweek.com/taiwan-vice-president-comments-east-china-sea-military-drills-1859072
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The presidential candidate for Taiwan's ruling party, Lai Ching-te, implied that China's military drills conducted this week were interference in Taiwan's democracy. The drills concluded just four days ahead of Taiwan's elections. Lai called it the "most serious" interference yet and stated that China has used war and peace to try to influence the election. Recent polling shows that 85 percent of Taiwanese reject the "one country, two systems" framework proposed by Beijing. China's military flexing has diminished in the weeks leading up to the election, as past intimidation tactics have backfired. China has previously flexed its muscles around Taiwan, most notably during the Third Taiwan Strait crisis in 1996. Lai warned that if China succeeds in annexing Taiwan, Taiwanese democracy would be destroyed. Lai believes that the Taiwanese public is aware of China's efforts to influence the election and will resist with their vote.
#Taiwan #China #MilitaryDrills #Interference #Elections #Democracy
https://www.newsweek.com/taiwan-vice-president-comments-east-china-sea-military-drills-1859072