Heading into Taiwan’s presidential election, one of the most consequential elections this year in Asia, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has ramped up its election interference efforts, abruptly raised tariffs on some imports, threatened sanctions if Taiwan’s political parties do not bend to Beijing’s will, and, most recently, launched a satellite over the island, triggering a nationwide air raid alert. This economic coercion, followed by a show of military might, is part of the CCP’s standard playbook when the people of Taiwan exercise their democratic freedoms and go to the polls.

Heading into Taiwan’s presidential election, one of the most consequential elections this year in Asia, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has ramped up its election interference efforts, abruptly raised tariffs on some imports, threatened sanctions if Taiwan’s political parties do not bend to Beijing’s will, and, most recently, launched a satellite over the island, triggering a nationwide air raid alert. This economic coercion, followed by a show of military might,........

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