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Taiwan May Be Entering Its Best Decade on the Global Stage

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Taiwan May Be Entering Its Best Decade on the Global Stage
Taiwan President Lai Ching-Te delivers a speech during National Day in Taipei on Oct. 10, 2024. Annabelle Chih/Getty Images
Alexander Liao
Sean Tseng
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For decades, the relationship between Taiwan and China has been a touchy subject that many world leaders, including Taiwan’s own presidents, have preferred to sidestep. However, this is not the case for the island’s new president, who decided to address the elephant in the room head-on.

With nearly four decades of journalism experience in Hong Kong, London, and the United States, Alexander Liao is an expert on China and world affairs. He currently hosts the Chinese-language Pinnacle View news analysis program on NTD, also available on YouTube and Ganjing World. Before joining The Epoch Times, he was a Hong Kong Bureau Chief for international media, an editor of various magazines, newspapers, and radio stations, and a columnist for top financial and current affairs newspapers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.