After the election of William Lai as Taiwan’s new president, everyone is eagerly awaiting the reaction of China, which had previously demonized Lai. The US government congratulates and plans increased cooperation.
Until recently, people in the rest of the world may have had some trouble finding Taiwan on a world map and may have even confused the country with Thailand – but for China’s strongman Xi Jinping, the small island has long since taken center stage, if not the central position Place on his agenda for China’s rise to become a world power that can compete with the USA: for him, the incorporation of Taiwan into the Chinese Empire is national task number one.