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As the season of election unfolds in 2024, competing norms and narratives, values and ideologies, political rhetoric and strategic realities will further sharpen Indo-Pacific geopolitics—testing old alliances and alignments. Taiwan’s mandate in favour of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the third time has certainly unnerved Beijing, and a sharp escalation of tensions will add to regional disorder in 2024. While many in the region applauded Taiwan’s democracy, Beijing has been at work to weaken Taipei’s tally of diplomatic…