Explained Why 2024 Taiwan presidential poll matters for US-China relations – WION Feedzy

Taiwan is set to host the presidential election on January 13 next year. The election would help set the course for the relations between the United States and China for the years to come. Their choice is between a ruling party determined to maintain Taiwan’s political independence and an opposition that sees closer ties with China as the only viable path.

In the run-up to the election, China stepped up military and political pressure to assert its claim of sovereignty. Elections in Taiwan have usually been dominated by voters’ views on how the island should handle relations with China, a report by the news agency Bloomberg said in April.