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#Taiwan: Electioneering chaos in Taipei. Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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#Taiwan: Electioneering chaos in Taipei. Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/canadian-children-tour-xinjiang-uyghurs
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/06/taiwan-presidential-election-opposition-in-chaos-as-china-looms-in-background

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Chang. We go immediately to Taiwan joined by our colleague Charles Burton the McDonnell

0:45.4

Lorry Institute. We're on the eve of the Taiwanese presidential and

0:50.3

legislative election scheduled mid-January and there are so many candidates and there is so much movement right now in

0:58.5

the contest. I need Gordon's help. Gordon I've read the Guardian piece

1:02.2

you sent me.

1:03.4

I'm lost.

1:04.3

I have the DPP, that's now in authority.

1:08.5

And I remember the DPP winning in 2004,

1:11.6

the only time I've been in East Asia.

1:13.2

However, this election looks to be extremely oversubscribed.

1:18.9

Who are the opponents Gordon?

1:20.6

Thank you.

1:21.1

Yes, nobody knows what's going on, Jots, so you're in very good company.

1:27.2

There are now two opposition candidates.

1:31.2

There's the Taiwan People's Party, CoenJ, who was a very popular mayor of Taipei, but who has lost popularity recently.

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