A university lecturer from mainland China says she is “sort of envious’ that people in Taiwan have the right to vote. Photo: Bloomberg A university lecturer from mainland China says she is “sort of envious’ that people in Taiwan have the right to vote. Photo: Bloomberg
A university lecturer from mainland China says she is “sort of envious’ that people in Taiwan have the right to vote. Photo: Bloomberg
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Topic |   Taiwan elections 2020
Cissy Zhou
Cissy Zhou

Updated: 8:07pm, 17 Feb, 2020

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A university lecturer from mainland China says she is “sort of envious’ that people in Taiwan have the right to vote. Photo: Bloomberg A university lecturer from mainland China says she is “sort of envious’ that people in Taiwan have the right to vote. Photo: Bloomberg
A university lecturer from mainland China says she is “sort of envious’ that people in Taiwan have the right to vote. Photo: Bloomberg
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