At the Taipei train station, a Chinese human rights activist named Cuicui watched with envy as six young Taiwanese politicians campaigned for the city’s legislative seats. A decade ago, they had been involved in parallel democratic protest movements — she in China, and the politicians on the opposite side of the Taiwan Strait. Cuicui was one in a group of eight women I followed last week in Taiwan before the Jan. 13 election. Her goal is to help mainland Chinese see Taiwan’s election firsthand. The women went to election rallies and talked to politicians and voters, as well as homeless people and other disadvantaged groups.

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Persons: Cuicui, —, ”, Annie Jieping Zhang Locations: Taipei, China, Taiwan Strait, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong