The leaders of China and Taiwan offered vastly differing visions of cross-strait relations in their respective New Year's addresses, with China's President Xi Jinping stating once more that China's unification with Taiwan is a "historical inevitability" while Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen responded by saying only Taiwan's 23 million people can decide their future. The China issue was also the dominant topic of discussion at a televised debate between Taiwan's three vice-presidential candidates. And Indonesian fishers working on Taiwan's distant-water fleet lobby for Wi-Fi on their ships, taking the case of the Falkland Islands as inspiration for their fight. Plus:
- President Tsai rings in the New Year early on January 1 with her final official flag-raising ceremony as head of state.
- Taiwanese citizens take on the difficult task of fighting the Chinese disinformation "flooding the zone" as the country's general election approaches.
- Taiwan's oldest public transportation network starts a new life as a state-owned company.
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