Upcoming Presidential Election Will Clarify Taiwan's China Policy

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(Nikkei Asia)

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen (r) and former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou in Taipei, Taiwan, May 20, 2016, photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen (right) and former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou in Taipei, Taiwan, May 20, 2016

Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters

by Derek Grossman

May 19, 2023

The Taiwanese people recently endured an awkward and highly political split-screen view of the rival China policies of the island's two main parties.…

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Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the RAND Corporation and adjunct professor in the practice of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California. He formerly served as an intelligence adviser at the Pentagon.

This commentary originally appeared on Nikkei Asia on May 19, 2023. Commentary gives RAND researchers a platform to convey insights based on their professional expertise and often on their peer-reviewed research and analysis.