The presidential elections scheduled for next year in two of Asia’s strongest democracies – South Korea and Taiwan – are also likely to cause diplomatic temperatures to rise in the months ahead. The risk stems not from the conduct of the South Koreans or the Taiwanese, but from the democratic choices that they make, which may offend two of Asia’s last dictatorships.
亚洲最强大的两个民主政体——韩国和台湾——在明年举行的总统大选也可能导致未来几个月的区域内外交冲突升温，而原因并不是韩国人或台湾人做了什么特别的事，而是他们的民主选择触痛了亚洲仅存的两个独裁国家的神经。