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Taiwan’s recent spike in Covid-19 cases has triggered a new wave of public dissatisfaction against the government of President Tsai Ing-wen, threatening to undermine the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s chances in next year’s local government elections. More than 13,000 people have been infected and 510 have died since a sudden surge of cases emerged in late April – months after the self-ruled island maintained an almost negligible number of cases and won global recognition as a successful model for keeping the pandemic at bay. Local residents were disappointed that the Tsai government failed to take steps to prepare for the...
