Taiwan’s Growing Civic Soft Power­­­­ in Southeast Asia

Taiwan’s Growing Civic Soft Power­­­­ in Southeast Asia

By: Nguyễn VũPhoto from Alberto Buzzola / LightRocket via Getty ImagesTaiwan, increasingly isolated by Beijing, which considers it a renegade province, has nonetheless become an unlikely sanctuary for thousands of political refugees, especially from Hong Kong, but also from China, Tibet, Turkey, Singapore, Myanmar, and other nations as far away as Egypt and Uganda.The island’s unique status precludes it being a signatory to the 1951 United Natio…