Robert C. O’Brien
Security, Asia
What will Taiwan’s new president do on defense issues as well as the China challenge?
Taipei, Republic of China – The Republic of China (ROC), better known as Taiwan to most Americans, has been in the headlines since Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was sworn in as the nation’s first female president on May 20. The DPP derives most of its support from ethnic Taiwanese and is generally considered to be pro-independence. The opposition, Kuomintang Party, or KMT, which traces its roots to General Chiang Kai-shek’s supporters, who fled the mainland ahead …read more
Source: The National Interest
