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Taiwan Decides…For the Last Time?

Taiwan Decides…For the Last Time?

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One Decision is a podcast that speaks with those whose choices had an international impact.

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This weekend, Taiwan will hold the only free and fair elections in
the Chinese-speaking world. Whoever wins will lead in a pivotal
time—and their term will cover the period during which President Xi
Jinping has promised China will annex what it considers a breakaway
territory, even by force, if necessary. Could this be Taiwan’s last
election? The incumbent Democratic Progressive Party led by Vice
President Lai Ching Te is pro-independence, and is being challenged
by the China-friendly opposition Kuomintang Party led by Ho Yu-Ih.
There’s also a wildcard in the form of Ko Wen-Je, who says both
parties are too pro or too anti-Beijing. One Decision—your Global
Election Headquarters for 2024—sits down with correspondents in
Taipei and Washington, DC to explore potential scenarios coming out
of the Taiwanese polls and whether the United States can handle a
third potential war, as it already struggles to support allies
embroiled in major conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.
Pentagon correspondents also discuss the fallout over the secret
hospitalization of America's Defense Chief Lloyd Austin and why top
Defense Department officials and even the White House were kept in
the dark about his condition.