Taiwan to pick new president as China ramps up threats: 'choice between war and peace'
https://www.foxnews.com/world/taiwa...n-war-and-peace

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Beijing and Washington, D.C., will be watching closely as Taiwan goes to the polls on Jan. 13 to elect a new president amid rising fears of armed conflict.

"The potential winner could further cement moves toward what could be called ‘de jure Taiwan independence.’ This will significantly increase the possibility of a war between the two sides; a war in which the U.S. will almost certainly be involved in, either proactively or reluctantly," Taipei’s National Cheng Chi University Professor of Diplomacy Huang Kwei-bo told Fox News Digital.


Another resident of Kaohsiung, Chiang, says she would prefer to see a change in the ruling party. Her business, selling jade jewelry, took a severe hit since massive numbers of Chinese tourists stopped coming to Taiwan around the time DPP’s President Tsai took office. Chiang told Fox New Digital, "All I want is peace. Yes, it would be nice for my business if more Chinese tourists came, but more important is peace. My only son is 15. I don't want him, or any other young people, to have to go to war or experience the hardships that my father and my grandfather endured because of military conflicts."

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Eryk Michael Smith是臺灣記者，自2007年以來，他一直擔任該島唯一的英語廣播電臺ICRT的廣播記者，以及許多其他出版物和當地新聞機構的廣播記者。 史密斯的新聞報道側重於兩岸關係、地方政治以及大中華區的科技發展

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