{"id":6830,"date":"2020-01-20T08:30:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T22:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=6830"},"modified":"2020-01-19T06:44:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T20:44:54","slug":"losing-hearts-and-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/losing-hearts-and-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing hearts and minds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The weekend\u2019s extraordinary election result in Taiwan underlines how quickly the times are changing in East Asia, and the need for Australians to rethink outdated shibboleths. During their formative student years, many of Australia\u2019s current leaders saw much to be admired in the rise of China, whereas they often saw Hong Kong as a decaying colonial outpost and Taiwan as a bastion of US-led imperialism. 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