EDITORIAL: Taiwan not in safe hands with KoAs the presidential election enters the final countdown, all three tickets are using every second to woo votes. Fed up with the long-term rivalry and conflict between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), they find Ko and his party “less detestable” than the others. Taiwan would not have the freedom it has today if not for the relentless efforts paid in blood by DPP democracy advocates. Only with President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) eight years of exceptional diplomatic and domestic leadership has Taiwan become Asia’s top democracy and economy. If Taiwan and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (台積電) were to fall into the hands of China, Taiwan would find itself on the US sanctions list.

Source: Taipei Times January 11, 2024 21:39 UTC