Taiwan’s opposition parties unite
An election to determine Taiwan’s relations with China just got much closer
Taiwan will hold presidential elections in January that could lead to a significant relaxation of the island-state’s defiant posture towards China. That would be a big geopolitical event. And after Taiwan’s main opposition parties announced on November 15th that they had struck an electoral pact, it looked a lot likelier.
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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Great for China”
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