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Craig Butler's avatar

The last 24 hours have found me close to tears as well, and now again by the loving yet clear-eyed tribute you bring in this post. My lived experience of Taiwan reaches back to 1980, when in the confluence of my linguistic and cultural naivete, an almost equal disdain for the CCP and KMT, and aspirational idealism for a democratic Taiwan, there was a kind of pervading intellectual loneliness that the Taiwan for which *I* aspired was perhaps a fiction. So, so much has changed, and while there remain anxieties about the security of Taiwan, and many frontiers within the nation into which democracy must continue to extend, you and Michelle time and again confirm what is increasingly evident to the world community: that Taiwan’s story is one for us all. And yes, so many more are drawn positively to that story. Notwithstanding the DPPs missteps in local governance, we have so much to be grateful for Tsai Ying-wen’s transformational leadership and influence. Hsiao Bi-khim brings intellect, clarity and humanity to the role of leader, and yes, Miao Po-ya is such an anchor to the vision of Taiwan’s democracy!

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Grace Loh Prasad's avatar

Fantastic summary of the progression of democracy in Taiwan 👏🏽

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