The Times calls on the West to resist China’s bullying of Taiwan
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On 7 September, The Times published a leader titled ‘Solidarity with Taiwan’ calling on Western democracies to unite and stand against China’s bullying of the nation. The piece highlighted the reasons why the West should do more to support Taiwan. “Taiwan is a prosperous independent democracy”; “It seeks and deserves solidarity from other democracies on the simple moral basis that democracies have a right to self-determination,” The Times stated. The piece stressed the US’s recent measures in support of the country, including Congress passing legislation which makes high-level contact between Taiwan and the US more convenient as well as the new Senate bill which discourages other countries from cutting diplomatic relations with Taipei. The article pointed out other countries that maintain close ties with Taiwan, such as Japan and the UK, are noticeably absent from the international debate on the nation’s future. “Washington should not be left to hold the line alone,” The Times concluded.
