# US expert: Why is Beijing ‘obsessed’ with Taiwan?

https://mins.news/en/video/39942

- VOA Chinese, 2026-09-01 08:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEUS9CSTJaE

> Daniel Twining, president of the International Republican Institute, says Taiwan’s free elections, multiparty competition, free media and independent judiciary show the appeal of a free Chinese society. He argues Beijing fears these institutions could attract people in China and undermine the Communist Party’s claim that Chinese people want one-person, one-party rule.

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