Following a series of referendums listed on the ballot for Saturday's island-wide city mayoral elections, Taiwanese residents voted to reject same-sex marriage. The vote on the contested island that C... ( read original story ...)
Pro-China Party’s Big Win in Taiwan Puts Tsai Future in Doubt
To contact the reporters on this story: Samson Ellis in Taipei at sellis29@bloomberg.net;Debby Wu in Taipei at dwu278@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Samson Ellis ... ( read original story ...)
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China heaps pressure on Taiwan president after election defeat
TAIPEI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese state media heaped pressure on Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday after her ruling pro-independence party suffered heavy defeats at local elections at the week... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan voters reject same-sex marriage in referendums
Voters in Taiwan have rejected legalising same-sex marriages in a series of referendums on Saturday. They backed the definition of marriage as the union of a man and woman. Last year a high court had ... ( read original story ...)
China lauds voters after defeat of Taiwan’s ruling party
TAIPEI (Reuters) - China on Sunday welcomed the defeat of Taiwan’s pro-independence ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) at local elections, saying it showed people wanted peaceful relations with ... ( read original story ...)
Shock Taiwan local elections result casts doubt over China policy
On a bright, sunny late autumn morning on Saturday Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen joked with local media and the public as she queued at a school in Taipei to cast her vote in the country’s local ele... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan president resigns as party chair after poor election performance
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as chairwoman of the ruling pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after it suffered a major electoral defeat on Saturday, losing two of the ... ( read original story ...)
Local elections oust Taiwan ruling party, votes on same-sex marriage referendum
TAIPEI, TAIWAN—Taiwan’s ruling party was handed a major defeat Saturday in local elections seen as a referendum on the administration of the island’s independence-leaning president amid growing econom... ( read original story ...)
Popup Tech launches property management system for smaller hotels
Taiwan startup Popup Tech has developed a hotel property management system, dubbed Fullinn PMS, mainly designed to help small- and medium-size hotels with fewer than 50 guest rooms boost their operati... ( read original story ...)
Here’s what the Chinese Communist Party wants you to forget about Taiwan
Indeed, one Café Philo session I attend in New York City focused on the effort to cull the United States’ National Archives — which the project’s organizers consider more accessible than Taiwan’s — fo... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan voters reject same-sex marriage in referendum
Taiwan has rejected same-sex marriages, in a blow to the island's reputation as a rights trailblazer in Asia. The results in referendums come despite a high court ruling in March 2017 in favour of suc... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan ruling party suffers major defeat in local elections
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's ruling party was handed a major defeat Saturday in local elections seen as a referendum on the administration of the island's independence-leaning president amid growing eco... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s President Quits as Party Chief After Stinging Losses in Local Races
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The president of Taiwan resigned as leader of her party Saturday night after the party suffered stunning local election defeats to the pro-China opposition here. The island nation’s p... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan voters set to block same-sex marriage in referendum
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan voters were set to back a referendum that defines marriage as between a man and a woman, dealing a blow to the self-ruled island’s reputation for liberalism in Asia amid a he... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan votes in test for pro-independence Prez as ‘worried’ China watches
Taiwan began voting on Saturday in local elections, a key test of support for the island's pro-independence ruling party ahead of presidential polls in just over a year, and will also hold a referendu... ( read original story ...)