Voters in Taiwan elected Vice President Lai Ching-te as their next president on Saturday, defying warnings from Beijing not to support a candidate it has called a separatist and a “troublemaker.”
The election, which China had described as “a choice between war and peace,” could test recent efforts by Beijing and Washington to repair relations that in recent years have fallen to their lowest point in decades. The status of Taiwan, one of the strongest democracies in Asia, is among the most sensitive issues between the two superpowers, and focus will now turn to any potential show of force from Beijing in response.
China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has not ruled out the use of force against the island, while the U.S. is Taiwan’s most important international backer. The majority of Taiwan’s 23 million people are in favor of maintaining the status quo, neither formally declaring independence nor becoming part of China.
And the TPP has stated they want to find a middle ground with China and got about 20% of the votes. Tallying up the votes that’s 40% for independence and 60% for status quo or working with China. So a minority against working with China wins the presidential elections.
But their congress equivalent is now 60% of the parties that favor working with China.
This is western media bias. They’re not reporting that in reality the majority of Taiwanese wants peace and status quo, not independence. So of course China will do nothing since they see this vote in their favor as the Yuan determines if there’s a vote for independence, not the president. Western media however will 100% be beating the drums of war. Just watch