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Taiwan democracy in peril: US senator

SACRIFICES While praising Taiwan for building a prosperous democracy, Sherrod Brown voiced concern that closer ties with China could put this progress at risk

By William Lowther  /  STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON

“A free and democratic Taiwan stands as the best response to those cynics in Beijing who state that democratic values are incompatible with Chinese culture. A free Taiwan is the ultimate guarantor of an eventually free China,” she said.

“As this film documents, the struggle for democracy in Taiwan was not an easy one,” she said.

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