Deseret News
Date: Jan 17, 2020
By: Arthur Cyr, Columnist
Taiwan’s 2020 presidential election candidate, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen celebrates her victory with supporters in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020.
Chiang Ying-ying, Associated Press
This also continues political complications with mainland China. The current governing party, the Democratic Progressive Party, is formally committed to independence from China.
The DPP also retained a majority in the legislature. Ironically, the conservative Kuomintang opposition party has been more comfortable than the DPP with pragmatic cooperation with Beijing.
The government of China predictably has complained bitterly about this latest political development. Current assertiveness of China in maritime and military terms adds teeth to the rhetoric. Beijing has already reduced — but not terminated — trade and tourism. [FULL STORY]