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Weekend: Taiwan holds elections

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Taiwan holds elections

13/01/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Taiwan holds elections

Ruling Democratic Progressive Party seeks third term

The people of Taiwan have been voting in presidential and parliamentary elections under the shadow of threats from China that it might seek to regain control of the island.  Beijing has described the presidential frontrunner, the current vice-president Lai Ching-te, as a "dangerous separatist" and has been repeating the message that it will crush any move towards Taiwanese independence. 

Also in the programme: Ecuador’s President discusses violence in the nation; and the role of social media in Serbia. 

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are David Robert Grimes, a physicist and science writer; and Lijia Zhang, writer and journalist. 

(Photo: Citizens wait to cast their votes for the 2024 presidential election at a polling station. CREDIT: EPA/DANIEL CENG)

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