Illustration: Perry Tse

For Taiwan’s voters, election is about more than Beijing and Washington

In the final of a five-part series on Taiwan’s election, we look at how relations between Beijing, Taipei and Washington are affecting the presidential poll
Many feel ideology is dominating campaign at the expense of economic and social issues

Topic | Taiwan elections 2020

Lawrence Chung and Sarah Zheng

Published: 7:00am, 10 Jan, 2020

Updated: 2:35pm, 10 Jan, 2020

Illustration: Perry Tse

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Lawrence Chung

Lawrence Chung covers major news in Taiwan, ranging from presidential and parliament elections to killer earthquakes and typhoons. Most of his reports focus on Taiwan’s relations with China, specifically on the impact and possible developments of cross-strait relations under the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party and mainland-friendly Kuomintang governments. Before starting work at the South China Morning Post in 2006, he wrote for Reuters and AFP for more than 12 years.

Sarah Zheng

Sarah Zheng joined the Post as a reporter in 2016. She graduated from Tufts University with a degree in international relations and film and media studies. She reports on China's foreign policy.