"Might Myanmar-Taiwan relations get trickier due to the current presidential race in Taiwan and the incumbent Tsai Ing-wen’s relationship with Beijing regarding the “One China Policy”? Both Taiwan and Myanmar have elections in 2020 and for both countries, the outcome is important for different reasons and yet there is an underlying theme of democracies in development. What could impinge on their bilateral relations in their respective relations with China?The Myanmar government and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi are leaning towards China in part due to the international fallout from the “bad news” over the Rakhine crisis and the treatment of the Muslim Rohingya which has seen the Western embrace of Myanmar cool. Beijing has been receptive in part because of its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative that sees Myanmar a crucial player in terms of communications, trade, and development, under the rubric of the China Myanmar Economic Corridor. Myanmar’s friendship with China directly affects how Nay Pyi Taw deals with its relations with Taiwan, a territory that Beijing views as its own but one that is currently governed by an administration that seeks to distance itself from the Mainland. Looking back at Taiwan, the presidential campaign is fiercely competitive. Incumbent Tsai, who is from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has led her main opponent Han Kuo-yu, the presidential candidate of Kuomingtang (KMT), by more than 30 points according to the latest poll by Apple Daily..."