Taiwan a Model for Post-Communist China: Commentator

Grafting Taiwan’s democratic system will be the best way for a post-communist China, which may not be far away if Xi Jinping dies, argued a China expert.

Taiwan's first locally built submarine "Narwhal" is seen during an unveiling ceremony at the CSBC Corp. shipbuilding company in Kaohsiung on Sept. 28, 2023. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images

Taiwan’s democratic system is the best way forward for a post-communist China, argues a popular online commentator, who himself is a communist “princeling.”

“Taiwan has been democratised for about 30 years after Lee Teng-hui became the first president of the Republic of China,” Wu Jianmin, a China affairs commentator told an event in Sydney, Australia on Nov. 12, 2023.