Taiwan Says ‘No’ to Close China Ties

The recent defeat of Taiwan’s ruling party in local elections indicates unease about the closeness of the country’s ties with China.
Taiwan Says ‘No’ to Close China Ties
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou 2nd R leaves a polling station after voting in Taipei on Nov. 29, 2014. Unease about his pro-China policies contributed to the KMT's crushing electoral defeat in local races across the country (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images
Matthew Robertson
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Matthew Robertson
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Matthew Robertson is the former China news editor for The Epoch Times. He was previously a reporter for the newspaper in Washington, D.C. In 2013 he was awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for coverage of the Chinese regime's forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience.
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