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In electing Dr. Ko Wen-che as their mayor on Nov. 29, Taipei voters broke out of the political mold that has dominated Taiwanese elections for the last three decades. Ko’s victory by a resounding 850,000 votes over Sean Lien of the Nationalist Party (KMT) was only one piece of bad news for the ruling KMT Party.
Taiwan’s story is that of an underdog. A small island gave refuge to individuals escaping communism in mainland China and then stubbornly resisted its giant neighbor’s demands that it submit.
Taiwan has become one of the strongest multi-party democracy, pluralism, the rule of law, human dignity/equality, freedom of speech/assembly in Asia; this must not be lost now or ever.
