Taiwan’s Tightrope Has Become a Knife Edge

Complex domestic challenges mean Taiwan cannot afford becoming further weakened by the contest between China and the United States.

Despite the concerns of potential conflict between the United States and China, the 2024 Taiwan elections may hinge on how to address the kinds of serious domestic problems that afflict many high-income countries, and which the D.P.P. is blamed for failing to effectively address in the past eight years. Voters are worried about soaring housing prices, lagging wage growth, our energy future and the need for policies to help deal with challenges like a rapidly aging population and slowing population growth. Solving problems like these will require consensus, but that may prove difficult to achieve as the latest trends indicate that no party will command a decisive mandate.

Syaru Shirley Lin gave her take on the 2024 Taiwan presidential and legislative elections in The New York Times.

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Syaru Shirley Lin

Chair, Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation

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