A large crowd gathers outdoors at night to view Taiwan election winners on a giant video screen
Tensions were already heightened between mainland China and Taiwan before the polls opened on Jan. With the results in, what's the next chapter in the tale of two Chinas?. A large crowd gathers outdoors at night to view Taiwan election winners on a giant video screen The Economist magazine called Taiwan the most dangerous place in the world in 2021, but it certainly did not feel that way on Jan. 13, a sunny Saturday that saw Taiwan's citizens go to the polls in a remarkable demonstration of participatory democracy. The potential danger this island democracy faces lies some 100 miles across the Taiwan Strait on the mainland, where the People's Republic of China has long considered Taiwan a wayward province that is rightfully part of its territory. China President Xi Jinping has gone so far as to call reunification with Taiwan "inevitable," and China has engaged in significant saber-rattling, running military maneuvers around Taiwan (and often violating its sea and airspace). As a result, future relations with China were very much on the ballot in this election.
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