TAIPEI ¨C China¡¯s heavy-handed tactics in Hong Kong could be also hurting its cause in Taiwan.
In recent weeks, Taiwan¡¯s China-skeptic president, Tsai Ing-wen, has come out strongly against Hong Kong¡¯s proposal to allow extraditions with the mainland. The criticism has not only won Tsai praise from democracy advocates in Hong Kong, it also has helped her recover from a local election defeat last year that threatened to scuttle her bid for a second term.
On Thursday, Tsai secured the nomination of the Democratic Progressive Party, clearing her to run again under the pro-independence party¡¯s banner in January. She overcame one of the party¡¯s most vocal China critics in part by taking a firm line against Beijing.
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