Taiwan’s proposed anti-disinformation legislation highlights the difficult balance between national security and freedom of speech in the fight against disinformation, writes Dennis LC Weng (Sam Houston State University).
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In a major speech in early January, China’s leader Xi Jinping called unification across the Taiwan Strait “the great trend of history,” and warned that attempts to facilitate Taiwan’s independence would be met by force. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen immediately condemned Xi’s speech and countered that “Taiwan absolutely will not accept ‘one country, two systems,’” Beijing’s