Taiwan heads to the polls on Saturday with the island sitting in the center of the struggle for regional dominance between the U.S. and China.
aggressive New Year's speech where he said Beijing reserved the right to bring Taiwan under its control, by force if necessary.
The "one country, two systems" applies to Hong Kong, a former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997, which has seen months of pro-democracy protests as its young people fight to keep out Beijing's growing influence. Under that principle, Hong Kong is given self-governing power, a largely separate legal and economic framework from China, and various freedoms including limited election rights. But citizens say their freedoms have eroded.
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