A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson made remarks on the result of the election in the Taiwan region on Saturday. The spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has commented on the result of the election in China's Taiwan region, said the Foreign Ministry spokesperson in a statement.
Taiwan election: Ruling party candidate wins tightly contested presidential race, upsetting China’s ambitions
China's preferred candidate in the Koumintang, or Chinese Nationalist Party, lost to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's pro-independence candidate in a closely fought election.
Taiwan’s vote is a crack in the new axis of autocracy
Jiang Zemin told me that liberal democracy is not for China’s people. Taiwan has once again shown this to be nonsense.
Taiwan Picks New Leader in Election Closely Watched by World
Taiwanese voters have finished casting ballots in an election that will determine their island’s relationship with Washington and Beijing for years to come, and impact regional security.
Taiwan’s smartphone shipments down over 3% year-on-year in third quarter
Taiwan’s smartphone makers continued to feel the pinch after local market shipments in the third quarter fell more than 3 percent from a year earlier, US-based International Data Corp (IDC) said on Thursday. Weakening demand resulting from consumers ...
Taiwan’s ruling political party wins presidential election
Taiwan's ruling party has won a crucial presidential election that it billed as a choice between democracy and authoritarianism.
Candidate Strongly Opposed By China Elected President Of Taiwan
Lai and incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen reject China’s sovereignty claims over Taiwan, a former Japanese colony that split from the Chinese mainland amid civil war in 1949. They have, however, ...
Taiwan slips further from Xi’s grasp
Taiwan’s new leader will face an increasingly hostile China and a parliamentary minority as he launches into what will be a challenging four years in office.
China skeptic Lai Ching-te wins Taiwan’s presidential election
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party on Saturday won an unprecedented third-straight presidential term.
Biden says ‘we do not support independence’ for Taiwan after its election empowers party seeking to limit Beijing’s influence
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the press on Saturday. NDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images President Joe Biden said the US did not support independence for Taiwan, after voters there defied China and returned the governing Democratic ...
Taiwan election 2024: For young voters, domestic policies and personality matter for their next president
Who will lead Taiwan for the next four years will be decided on Saturday, when over 19.5 million eligible voters head to the polls from 8 am. New legislators will also be chosen for the self-ruled island,
Taiwan election: Joe Biden say US does not support Taiwan independence
The US congratulated Taiwan's president-elect William Lai Ching-te, but also sought to reassure Beijing Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington is 'committed to maintaining cross-strait peace and stability' US President Joe Biden and his top diplomat sought to reassure Beijing in the immediate aftermath of Saturday's sensitive Taiwan presidential election that saw William ...
Biado rules Taipei open
Flexing his world champion muscles, Carlo Biado ruled the 2nd Chinese Taipei Open 9-Ball Pool Championship before an animated crowd at the cavernous Hulk Billiards Hall in Taipei City Friday night.
Taiwan Set to Elect President Reviled by China in Setback for Xi
Taiwan looks set to elect Lai Ching-te as its next leader after the main opposition candidate conceded, lining up a man Beijing has labeled an “instigator of war” for the presidency.
Voters line up in Taiwan as China ramps up warnings
Taiwan's close presidential election could push the island further towards, or away, from China.
2024 Elections: Taiwanese brush off threat from China
His twin, Rocky, said he thought China “doesn’t have extra capacity to invade us.” A child plays as people wait in line to vote in the presidential and legislative elections at a polling station at an ...