The 'new Finnish model' right for Taiwan
On Monday last week, the Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper) ran an editorial headlined: “The new Finnish model is the way to survive for small countries.” The editorial said that the former so-called “Finnish model” of bowing to a neighboring power is a thing of the past, while calling it an illusion to believe that pursuing such a strategy is the same as “not choosing a side.” A group of people in Taiwan is keen to promote this outdated concept, but their true motive is to use it to criticize President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration for “provoking...