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Menu There is no diplomatic solutionIsrael should declare three nos;
no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
Crushing results for the ruling party in local Taiwan elections. The defeat was so significant that the Taiwanese president resigned as leader of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The defeat is being assessed as being related to economics, but this political setback for the ruling party, with presidential elections set for 2024, is quite concerning. It is being suggested that with the DPP in power, as an anti-China party, people felt safe in voting for the pro-China opposition parties in local elections.
As an aside, the Kuomintang (KMT) party is made up of the Chinese Nationalists who fled mainland China some 70+ yrs ago. The DPP was the indigenous anti-China party which opposed the KMT, which, ironically enough, has come to hold a pro-China stance in Taiwan. Though it is not being suggested that the Chinese threats to destroy Taiwan had a role in this election outcome, the implication is quite apparent.
Countering this supposition, here is an article which analyzes the election data, and which suggests quite clearly that this election swung on economics alone, and not geopolitics, just FYI:
The DPP Lost Because Taiwanese Livelihoods Have Not Improved
These are perillous times