EDITORIAL: Taiwan offers an aspirational idealThe highly anticipated election season drew to a close on Saturday, with Taiwanese giving their vote of confidence to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for a historic third term. International media watched the election with keen interest, flocking to Taiwan with more urgency than in previous votes. The DPP might have kept the presidency, but it was largely the fault of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) failing to agree on a united ballot. China’s biggest message so far came yesterday with Nauru’s termination of diplomatic relations, leaving Taiwan with only 12 formal diplomatic allies. As one of the first countries to hold an election this year, Taiwan offers an ideal to aspire to.
