DPP's Lai — Taiwan's current vice-president — won more than 40% of the popular vote in Taiwan's eighth presidential election. DPP is the first party to win the presidential office three times in row since direct presidential elections were introduced in 1996. Beijing had framed the electio...
(dpp) lai ching-te and his running mate hsiao bi-khim won the leadership election. more a chinese mainland spokesperson on saturday commented on the outcomes of taiwan leadership and legislature elections.chen binhua, a spokesperson for...
While China has called the exercises punishment for Taiwan's election result, the Democratic Progressive Party has now run the island's government for more than a decade, although the pro-China Nationalist Party took a one-seat majority in the parliament. As CBS News senior ...
The election outcome is unlikely to change the status quo for the Taiwan Strait, U.S.-China relations, or global markets which have seemed to price in geopolitical risk. Over the weekend, Taiwanese voters didn't just choose their next president and legislature, they also helped set the course...
Beijing responded to results of the Taiwanese election in typical fashion, referring to the "Taiwan question" as "China's internal affair." "The Taiwan question is China's internal affair. Regardless of what happens in Taiwan, the basic facts won't change: there is only one China...
Taiwan residents began voting in the island’s leadership and legislature elections at 8am on Saturday and the polls closed at 4pm. Tsai, who will be Taiwan’s first female leader, secured 56 percent of the vote, compared with 31 percent for her closest rival Chu of the KMT, which has ...
Taiwan Election Results a ‘Repudiation of China,’ Experts Say. The Epoch Times. Retrieved January 11, 2020. Moritsugu, Ken (January 12, 2020). AP Analysis: Taiwan vote signals growing divide with China. Associated Press. Retrieved January 12, 2020. Kurtenbach, Elaine (January 12, 2020). ...
Taiwan Holds Landmark Election; Opposition Makes Key Gains in First Free Vote for LegislatureDavid Holley
I’m not really surprised that the KMT is taking what one of my friends called a scorched-earth approach towards the DPP in an effort to ensure that Lai’s presidency is seen as a failure. As soon as the election results came in, I fully expected them to pass the investigation power,...
Only less than 2 months left until the presidential & legislature election for Taiwan. The recent trend certainly looks very favorable to DPP. However, optimism is still too much of a luxury right now I would say, given the past experience, KMT’s vast network and China in the backstage. ...