China: Taiwan's top poll bet dangerous

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 12, 2024 12:15 am

(UPDATE) TAIPEI: China warned Taiwan's voters on Thursday to make the correct choice in the self-governed island's weekend elections, describing the poll frontrunner as a 'severe danger' who would threaten peace by following the 'evil path' of independence.

Democratic Taiwan is two days from pivotal polls that are being watched from Beijing to Washington because the next leader will determine the island's future relations with an increasingly assertive China in a flashpoint region.

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