Why Did Hung Hsiu-Chu Travel to China’s Military Parade?
Former KMT chair Hung Hsiu-chu traveled to Beijing recently for a military parade commemorating the end of World War II. In China’s case, this was fought against Japan. The military parade has attracted attention internationally, mostly on the basis of appearances not only by Chinese President Xi Jinping alongside other world leaders. This includes a number of authoritarian or dictatorial political leaders, including Vladimir Putin of Russia, Narendra Modi of India, Kim Jong-un of North Korea, Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia, Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar, and others. Xi appearing alongside Modi, in particular, serves as a signal to the US that India will not simply fall in line with Donald Trump’s US...