How Taiwan Stands Up to China

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ID6287513
AuthorsKharis Templeman (0000-0003-4211-720X, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume31
Issue3
Pages85-99
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2020.0047
OpenAlexW3043028067
LanguageEN
Citations received8

In January 2020, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen won reelection with a commanding 57 percent of the vote. The result was a setback for China's Taiwan policy under Xi Jinping, and it demonstrated the impressive resilience of Taiwan's democracy in the face of a relentless pressure campaign from Beijing. These elections illustrated a paradox: Taiwan's economy is deeply entwined with the Chinese mainland's, yet Taiwan has proved especially resistant to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence operations. The surprising reversals in the 2020 race suggest that the CCP still struggles to understand how best to influence public opinion in Taiwan

Beijing · China · Communism · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Face (sociological concept · Mainland China · Political economy · Political science · Political status of Taiwan · Politics · Public opinion · Resilience (materials science · Setback · Social science · Sociology · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Public Administration

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