Taiwan needs economic support from U.S., not just arms

China's use of trade coercion to sway island's election highlights vulnerability

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Following the election of the DPP's Lai Ching-te, some Taiwanese think Beijing may cancel the bilateral Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement.  © Reuters

Paul Sracic is a professor of politics and international relations at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, and an adjunct fellow at Washington-based think tank Hudson Institute.

Questions of how to manage relations with China were not the only issues weighing on Taiwanese voters when they went to the polls on Jan. 13.

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