Mizzima
Date: 01 January 2020
By: Chuqiao Chen 

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during the New Year's press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, 01 January 2020. Photo: Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA

Might Myanmar-Taiwan relations get trickier due to the current presidential race in Taiwan and the incumbent Tsai Ing-wen’s relationship with Beijing regarding the “One China Policy”?

Both Taiwan and Myanmar have elections in 2020 and for both countries, the outcome is important for different reasons and yet there is an underlying theme of democracies in development.  

What could impinge on their bilateral relations in their respective relations with China?

The Myanmar government and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi are leaning towards China in part due to the international fallout from the “bad news” over the Rakhine crisis and the treatment of the Muslim Rohingya which has seen the Western embrace of Myanmar cool.      [FULL  STORY]