- By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes
- in Taipei
The words “democratic Taiwan” showed up extra times in the island’s nationwide day events this year than any type of various other – without a doubt.
“We have brought the international spotlight to Democratic Taiwan,” proclaimed President Tsai Ing- wen recently, in her last nationwide day address prior to she tips down as the very first democratically chosen women head of state.
“The people of Taiwan will remain a democratic and free people for generations to come,” she included. It was both an assertion of the island’s identification and a telephone call for the globe to keep in mind and not permit this vivid and open culture to go away.
The head of Taiwan’s legislature, You Si-Kun, had actually promoted those very same qualifications in his opening up statements: “The UK’s Economist …