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China Has Lost Taiwan, and It Knows It

#Taiwan #China #Democracy #Election #Protest So it is attacking democracy on the island from within.  Ms. Kassam is a former Australian diplomat. “ Not a chance ,” the president’s tweet said, in Chinese characters. That was the message from Tsai Ing-wen, the leader of Taiwan, on Nov. 5, after  the Chinese government announced  a string of initiatives to lure Taiwanese companies and residents to the mainland. “Beijing’s new 26 measures are part of a greater effort to force a ‘one country, two systems’ model on  #Taiwan ,” Ms. Tsai’s tweet said, referring to the principle according to which Hong Kong — another territory Beijing eventually hopes to fully control — is supposed to be governed for now and its semiautonomy from Beijing guaranteed. “I want to be very clear: China’s attempts to influence our elections & push us to accept ‘one country, two systems’ will never succeed.” The protesters who have mobilized in Hong Kong for months say, in effect, that the principle