Hong Kong protests, Taiwan problem, Wuhan virus: Xi Jinping s woes just keep mounting | South China Morning Post

Tsai Ing-wen s historic, landslide

victory

in Taiwan s presidential election is seen by many as a clear indication that Beijing s current strategy towards the self-ruled island is fatally flawed.

Chinese policies, which include

poaching

Taiwan s diplomatic allies, curtailing its business and tourism, and

spreading

misinformation ahead of its election, have driven a deeper wedge between the Taiwanese public and the mainland.

More damaging, however, has been Beijing s disastrous response to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. Tsai acknowledged as much herself, telling the BBC that Taiwan s voters were watching as the much-heralded one country, two systems framework collapsed in Hong Kong, and voted with this in mind.

Even more remarkably, she argued that the island did not need to declare independence because it was already essentially

independent

. 

via www.scmp.com

I worry about that Wuhan coronavirus.