“Taiwan will be a beautiful country. A normal country. We need time to change, the road is long but we will continue to follow it.”

—  Lin Ching-yi

"Taiwan 2020 election, voices from DPP: "Democracy, rights and identity: so we will be stronger"" in Affaritaliani.it https://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/geopolitica/taiwan-2020-election-dpp-interview.html?refresh_ce (23 November 2019)

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