The Taiwanese election result is a bittersweet victory for Hong Kongers
By Ruth Wetters, BA Chinese (Modern & Classical)
Last week, the incumbent Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen was re-elected with a 58% vote share for the Democratic Progressive Party, running on a platform of freedom from Chinese aggression. In her acceptance speech, Tsai stated unequivocally that ‘democratic Taiwan, and our democratically-elected