Taiwan’s Governmental Overconfidence Keeps Creating Crises

A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks along a street in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 1. Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images

June 4, 2021, 4:33 PM

Until very recently, Taiwan had one of the world’s most successful COVID-19 strategies. That success came to an end in mid-May after a daily trickle of local cases surged to triple-digit figures, resulting in an increase of more than 8,000 local cases in 19 days, as of June 2.