CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS September 26, 2021 14:54:00
This democracy is conditional. though self-governing, taiwan is not technically a sovereign street. across the street is china, who claims taiwan is part of its territory and determined to reunify the island with the mainland. in the meantime china exerts control where it can. taiwan's independent elections are allegedly subject to persistence interference from beijing's meddling and disinformation campaigns. and the island is relatively isolated because china makes other nations and international bodies choose, if you recognize and have relations with beijing, you can't have them with taipei....
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