The Daily Signal
Date: January 16, 2020
By: Lee Edwards

Friends of Freedom, all hail a modern-day David—tiny, democratic Taiwan—which continues to confound its big bully of a neighbor—communist China.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen overwhelmingly won reelection, The Wall Street Journal reported, by promising to defend the island’s freedoms against threats by mainland China.

Communist officials accused Tsai of stealing victory through smears of her rivals, fearmongering against China, and foreign interference by—surprise—the United States.

Tsai calmly responded that her government was prepared to start a dialogue with Beijing if the communist regime respected Taiwan’s sovereignty and democracy.    [FULL  STORY]