TAIPEI -- The question of how to deter a conflict with China over Taiwan occupies policymakers and opinion-shapers worldwide. For the newly crowned leader of Taiwan's biggest opposition party, the answer is obvious.

Cheng Li-wun, the new head of Taiwan's Kuomintang, attends an exclusive interview with Nikkei Asia at the opposition party's Taipei headquarters in early November. Behind her is a painting depicting Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen. (Photo by Chungi Chen)
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