TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s return of a Chinese asylum seeker this week is a likely bid by President Tsai Ing-wen to stabilize relations with Beijing that have been in sharp decline since her election last year, analysts said Thursday.
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“Although (China) will insist that it will handle Lee’s case in accordance with its own laws, it is already paying a significant price in terms of public opinion in Taiwan,” Romberg said.
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