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Street stores at night in Taiwan with mopeds parked out front

The Untold Story of How COVID-19 and Disinformation Nearly Undermined Taiwan’s Democracy

  • by Alex Russell
  • January 21, 2026
  • Self & Society
The COVID-19 pandemic was a global crisis that showed the fragility of democracy in Taiwan, where misinformation threatened the three pillars that define the nation’s government and civil society.
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