Taiwan's diplomatic setback can help build national consensus: scholar

The severance of diplomatic ties between Taiwan and the Dominican Republic can help the Taiwan people better understand cross-Taiwan Strait relations and may also be conducive to forging a Taiwan-centric consensus on the issue of independent sovereignty, a scholar said Thursday.

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