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Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te, from incumbent pro-sovereignty party, as president. Lai’s Democratic Progressive party wins unprecedented third term in result likely to anger China. (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] HexBroke@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When asked for reaction to Saturday’s elections, US President Joe Biden shortly replied that Washington does not support the independence of Taiwan.

[–] WayeeCool@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Never understood why the US would have a problem with an eventual two system confederation where Taiwan acts as a kind of airlock/buffer between foreign capital and the mainland. For fks sake, even rabid dogs like Kissinger and Nixon saw this was a good system.