Pour la Chine, c’est une province séparatiste qui doit revenir au bercail. Pour ses 24 millions d’habitant·es, c’est un État souverain, doté de sa propre constitution et de dirigeant·es démocratiquement élu·es. Maintenant que Hong Kong a été aligné, Taïwan entend se dresser face à Beijing en jeune démocratie dynamique, devant pour cela essuyer d’innombrables cyberattaques qui visent à déstabiliser ses institutions et à exacerber les divisions.

För Kina är Taiwan en provins som tillhör fastlandet. Men de 24 miljoner invånarna betraktar sin ö som en självständig stat med en egen grundlag och demokratiskt valda ledare. Hong Kongs öde har gjort Taiwan än mer medvetet om vikten av att försvara sin unga levande demokrati mot Kinas anspråk. Men det kommer inte att bli lätt.

One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold, just like Hong Kong. Can the burgeoning democracy on China’s doorstep, driven by digital technology, resist the Middle Kingdom’s advances? To China Taiwan is a breakaway province that must return to the fold. To its 24 million inhabitants it is a sovereign state with its own constitution and democratically elected leaders. Now that Hong Kong has been brought into line, Taiwan remains determined to stand up as a vibrant, young democracy. But it won't be easy. Since the Sunflower Movement in 2014 when the young came out to prevent an economic agreement with China, citizen groups have been fighting for the transparency of institutions.