China, recall and Taiwan
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Opposition legislators in Taiwan overwhelmingly survived a major recall campaign on Saturday, in a result viewed as a public rebuke to President Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party. While the DPP claimed China interfered in the vote,
Australia needs to deepen engagement with Taiwan to maintain the status quo of peace, a former Australian envoy to Taiwan said on Tuesday.
If China decides to dramatically accelerate unification with Taiwan—whether through subversion, quarantine, blockade or full-scale invasion—the first 24 hours will be pivotal. But they will hardly be the end.