Lai Ching-te, the ruling DPP candidate of the Taiwan authority, has won the “presidential election” by about seven percentage points over KMT candidate Hou Yu-ih. US and western mainstream media is celebrating this as a victory against China 🇨🇳.

US president Joe Biden had already announced plans to send a bipartisan delegation to the island following the election in the day leading up to votes being cast. This was a stark message that the US already knew that a DPP victory was likely. This is likely to inflame tensions with Beijing.

China won’t take the bait, but another term of separatist rule in Taiwan does open doors for the US to escalate with China political and militarily. The U.S. is a major backer of the DPP, infusing it billions in arms sales. This is a reminder that China remains a top priority of the U.S. war machine, even as it is bogged down elsewhere.

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