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 19...
In the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-1996, the PRC launched provocative military exercises, including missile "test-firings," to express displeasure with President Lee Teng-hui's private visit to the United States and to intimidate voters before Taiwan's first democratic presidential election. Presi...
Taiwan Vice President and presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party Lai Ching-te (center) greets supporters during his campaign motorcade tour in Kaohsiung on January 8, 2024, ahead of the presidential election. Yasuyoshi Chiba | AFP | Getty Images "Peace is priceless, ...
“The decade between the end of martial law and Taiwan’s first direct presidential election, democracy and the internet, had developed side by side. Democracy is like a social technology for the Taiwanese. Audrey Tang, Digital Minister of Taiwan ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Retired U.S. officials met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday and praised the island’s democratic processes under which it elected a new president and legislature over the weekend in defiance of China’s claim of sove
China lobbed ballistic missiles into the seas north and south of the island ahead of the first fully democratic presidential election in 1996. The tactic was seen as backfiring badly, with China’s bete noire, the pro-independence Lee Teng-hui, winning handily and the U.S. Navy deploying two...
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15 July 1987, martial law was lifted in Taiwan for the first time in 38 years. Solar Eclipse conjunct DC 26′ square MC 59′ Lunar Eclipse square Neptune 05′ 23 March 1996, the first democratic election in Taiwan, preceded by Chinese missile tests off the coast and the US deploying airc...
“bolster” Taiwan’s status. This move wouldn’t be so subtle. More than a Tweet; Trump could recognize the island nation, constantly harassed and illegitimately claimed by the CCP, before the United Nations. He could challenge democratic, freedom-loving allies and acquaintances to do the ...
A KMT supporter waves a giant Taiwan's national flag outside of Central Election Commission on November 24, 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan's main opposition parties have filed individual bids to unseat the ruling Democratic Progressive Party as the billionaire founder of Apple supplierFoxconndropp...