ELECTION 2024/Taiwan's 'boring' election a sign of its maturity as a democracy: Scholar
01/14/2024 11:56 AM
Contrary to the existential framings in the international media, Taiwan's 2024 election campaign was calm and even "boring" compared to those of previous years, showing that it has become a normal democracy, a U.S. scholar said Saturday.
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