MSNBCW Alex July 5, 2024
china has dismissed the elections, saying it doesn't change the fact that from beijing's perspective, taiwan is part of china, and she jinping has been clear in his view that reunification of taiwan with the mainland's, in his eyes, inevitable, and he will use force to achieve that same. it doesn't mean that war is imminent here. tension is likely to escalate. the icy tension that has defined the past eight years, but throughout the day today, people we were talking to and in polling stations, and on the streets, people were saying that this was an election about choosing taiwan's id...