Supporters listening to Kuomintang presidential candidate, Hou Yu-ih, as he speaks on the stage during an election campaign rally in Taichung, Taiwan, January 8, 2024. Man Hei Leung | Anadolu | Getty Images More than 19 million voters in Taiwan headed to the polls on Saturday to decide...
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. ...
Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te has emerged victorious in Taiwan's presidential election, and his opponents have conceded after ballots were cast at thousands of polling stations in a tight three-way race. The result in Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary election will chart the traje...
Besides bolstering defense, Hou pledged to restart dialogue with Beijing — first through cultural and civil society exchanges — as part of his so-called 3D strategy, which stands for deterrence, dialogue and de-escalation. Most pre-election polls place Hou seco...
Vice President William Lai, leading in opinion polls ahead of presidential elections in January, is despised by China for comments he has made in support of the island's independence. Lai has said he does not seek to change the status quo or Taiwan's n...
Taiwan heads to the polls on 13 January for presidential and parliamentary elections that will play a crucial role not just in shaping relations with China, but also in determining the path of the country's energy policy over the coming decades. Energy policy, and especially energy security, ...
As in the 2004 presidential election, polls recently held in Taiwan’s five biggest municipalities are certain to provide the island with conspiracy theories for a long time to come. On election eve, Sean Lien, the son of a former vice president and Kuomintang (KMT) party heavyweight, was sh...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait during a meeting with a senior Chinese diplomat on Friday, as the Biden administration seeks to mitigatetensions over Taiwanwhile the island holds it...