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January 2020 |
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EAI Issue Briefing
Existential Threats and Democracy:
2020 Taiwan Presidential Election
Chin-en Wu,
Associate Fellow, Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica |
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| "How can Taiwan combat both existential threats and threats to democracy?" |
The 2020 presidential election saw victory for the Tsai Ing-wen administration and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). According to Chin-en Wu, an associate research fellow at the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica, the theme for the 2020 election was "existential threats." Taiwanese politics embody a complicated domestic rivalry between the pan-blue and pan-green coalitions as well as a constant struggle against Chinese influence. DPP’s victory in the election portrays the Taiwanese people’s determination to protect Taiwan’s political freedom and identity from external threats, and especially those that emanate from China. However, in the process of winning votes and the hearts of the Taiwanese public, DPP, too, has pushed forward political agenda such as the Anti-Infiltration Act that sometimes limit freedom of speech and individual rights. Elections in Taiwan, including the 2020 presidential election, hence provide foods for thought regarding its liberal democratic system and democratic future.   |
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