OTTAWA—Canadian Parliamentarians and academics say the recent election in Taiwan has set an example of democracy for mainland China.
On Jan. 28, the Canada-Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Group held a forum on the election that saw Taiwan elect its first female president, Tsai Ing-wen, earlier this month.
Panelist Andre Laliberte, a professor at the University of Ottawa, said after the forum that “the election in Taiwan should be an example for everyone with a Chinese cultural background. It is proof that people who have Chinese culture can have democracy, and democracy is compatible with Chinese culture.”
Taiwan is a great democracy now, China is still a dictatorship.
