Taiwan's Vice President-Elect on 'Personal Trip' to US; China Objects More Reuters Hsiao Bi-khim, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) vice presidential candidate, speaks during a press conference ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Ta...
Taiwan's President-elect Lai Ching-te (left) gestures beside his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim during a rally outside the headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taipei on January 13, 2024, after winning the presidential election. Yasuyoshi Chiba | AFP | Getty Images TAIPEI —...
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...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s president-elect, has vowed to safeguard the island’s de-facto independence from China and further align it with other democracies. Lai, 64, emerged victorious in the election Saturday on the island of 23 million p...
Confetti flies over the stage and crowd as Taiwan's Vice President and presidential-elect from the Democratic Progressive Party Lai Ching-te, center, and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim speak to supporters at a rally at the party's headquarters on January 13, ...
Taiwan's President-elect Ma Ying-jeou speaks during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at the Nationalist Party headquarters, Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. Ma said that unification with longtime rival China is unlikely to happen "in our lifetimes." Ma begins his term...
Congratulations to President-elect Lai Ching-te & the Taiwanese people on this historic victory which demonstrates the strength of their free & fair elections. Taiwan's unwavering commitment to peace, freedom & the vibrancy of their democracy remains an inspiration to the world. ...
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's central bank warned on Wednesday that it sees peril in the proposed trade policies of the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. In a report to parliament ahead of governor Yang Chin-long taking questions from legislators on Thursday, the cen...
President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg in July that Taiwan should pay for its defense. The island has purchased billions of dollars of defense weaponry from the U.S. Trump evaded answering whether he would defend the island from Chinese m...
Taipei, Taiwan— On Saturday, the people of Taiwan will elect a new president. For weeks, the leading candidates have staged boisterous campaign rallies across the small island offChina's east coast. Addressing cheering supporters, they've made promises, ridiculed the opposition and worked the ...