President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) and all the legislative candidates acted appropriately by suspending their campaign activities. Chung also insinuated on the same political talk show that the AIT’s gesture was part of the US’ strategy against China. If Beijing wants to influence the elections in its favor, this is totally the wrong way to do it. Mudslinging and negative campaigning are quite common before elections in Taiwan, national and local, and the ugliness so far has not been surprising. However, there are lines that should not be crossed.

Source: Taipei Times January 08, 2020 15:45 UTC