China's Taiwan affairs office has characterized the self-ruled island's election as a choice between "peace and war, prosperity and decline." The election comes as China has escalated military activity in the Taiwan Strait andother nearby watersas Beijing presses its sovereignty claims over ...
Last week's drama would appear to strengthen the hand of the ruling DPP government, which has been leading in independent opinion polls for the election. Taiwan's president and vice president aredirectly elected, serve one term of four years and may be re-elected for one additional term. C...
Early results are coming in for the high-stakes presidential election on the island of Taiwan. ABC News' Britt Clennett joins from Taipei. 1 year ago Taiwan’s voters: 'Nobody wants war, nobody wants to fight' ABC News’ Britt Clennett is in Taiwan as voters ready to head to the poll...
FILE PHOTO: Taiwan's Vice President William Lai announces his "National Project of Hope" ahead of the upcoming presidential election in Taipei, Taiwan September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has shown it is already independent ...
For Tony Chen, a 74-year-old retiree who voted in Taipei in the hour before the polls closed, the election boiled down to a choice between communism and democracy. "I hope democracy wins," he said. He added that more Taiwanese were open to China's model of governance ...
In a live televised pre-election policy address by the three vice presidential candidates, Lai's running mate Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan's high-profile former de facto ambassador to the United States, said her opponents had consistently blamed the DPP for tensions in th...
For Tony Chen, a 74-year-old retiree who voted in Taipei in the hour before the polls closed, the election boiled down to a choice between communism and democracy. "I hope democracy wins," he said. He added that more Taiwanese were open to China's model of governance decades ago,...
。In the 2020 parliamentary election, a total of 47 female candidates, more than 40% of the total, were elected, making Taiwan the country with the highest percentage of female lawmakers in Asia. But Women in politics still face obstacles ─ the media focusing more on a female candidate's ...
“no” votes. The KMT had had talked about adding a provision that the yes votes must also be greater than the number of votes the official got in the previous general election. However, it seemsthis provision was quietly dropped, something I did not realize until just a few minutes ago ...
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