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100 Foreign Aff. 74 (2021)
Taiwan and the Fight for Democracy: A Force for Good in the Changing International Order

handle is hein.journals/fora100 and id is 1208 raw text is: Taiwan and the Fight for Democracy A Force for Good in the Changing International Order Tsai Ing-wen The story of Taiwan is one of resilience-of a country uphold- ing democratic, progressive values while facing a constant challenge to its existence. Our success is a testament to what a determined practitioner of democracy, characterized by good gover- nance and transparency, can achieve. Yet the story of Taiwan is not only about the maintenance of our own democratic way of life. It is also about the strength and sense of responsibility Taiwan brings to efforts to safeguard the stability of the region and the world. Through hard work and courage, the 23.5 mil- lion people of Taiwan have succeeded in making a place for them- selves in the international community. Emerging from the covID-19 pandemic, authoritarian regimes are more convinced than ever that their model of governance is better adapted than democracy to the requirements of the twenty-first cen- tury. This has fueled a contest of ideologies, and Taiwan lies at the intersection of contending systems. Vibrantly democratic and West- ern, yet influenced by a Chinese civilization and shaped by Asian tra- ditions, Taiwan, by virtue of both its very existence and its continued prosperity, represents at once an affront to the narrative and an im- pediment to the regional ambitions of the Chinese Communist Party. Taiwan's refusal to give up, its persistent embrace of democracy, and its commitment to act as a responsible stakeholder (even when its exclusion from international institutions has made that difficult) are TSAI ING-WEN is President of Taiwan. 74 FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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