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These Taiwanese want unification with China. There’s just one problem
Liang, a 21st-generation descendant of the Hakka people of southern China, yearns for Taiwan and the motherland to be united. He is among those voting on Saturday.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
US launches new airstrike on Houthi target in Yemen
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Opinion & Perspectives
If Trump wins, it will not be in spite of democracy, but because of it
Liberal elites often deny the legitimacy of democratic outcomes by blaming it all on populism. Which is curious, since populism must surely mean that the popular will has prevailed.
George Brandis
Former high commissioner to the UK and federal attorney-general
Lai’s victory in Taiwan is an embarrassment for Beijing
The challenge for Taiwan and for its supporters around the world, including Australia, will be maintaining the status quo.
Eryk Bagshaw
North Asia correspondent
Postcard from New York: The city that never sleeps looks tired
Unnerved by Donald Trump’s revival and besieged by inequality, New York is shedding its skin, again. So what next for the Big Apple?
Julia Baird
Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author
North America
Opinion
Populism
If Trump wins, it will not be in spite of democracy, but because of it
Liberal elites often deny the legitimacy of democratic outcomes by blaming it all on populism. Which is curious, since populism must surely mean that the popular will has prevailed.
- by George Brandis
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Europe
Asia
Analysis
Taiwan
Lai’s victory in Taiwan is an embarrassment for Beijing
The challenge for Taiwan and for its supporters around the world, including Australia, will be maintaining the status quo.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Taiwan’s government wins a third term, delivering a blow to Beijing’s ambitions for the democratic island
The election of Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party is likely to cement tensions with Beijing for the next four years.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng
These Taiwanese want unification with China. There’s just one problem
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Daniel Ceng
Deepfake dead dictator Suharto back on the campaign trail
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
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