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Opposition Kuomintang candidate declares win in Taipei mayoral election
Chiang Wan-an, the candidate from Taiwan's opposition party, the Kuomintang, has declared victory in the Taipei mayoral election.
Taiwan president resigns as party leader after election loss
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses suffered by her party. Tsai offered her resignation on Saturday evening, a tradition after a major loss,
Alert: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigns as head of ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigns as head of ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses.
Chiang Wan-an: The Taipei Mayor Hopeful With a Controversial Family Name – TaiwanPlus News
The battle for Taipei mayor has been described as a three-horse race, and the Kuomintang's Chiang Wan-an has often looked to have his nose in front. But as Rik Glauert reports, the Chiang name brings ...
Taiwan votes on lower voting age, mayors, city councils
Voters headed to the polls across Taiwan in a closely watched local election Saturday that will determine the strength of the island's major political parties ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Ko campaigns for Huang in Taipei and Kao in Hsinchu
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday focused on Taipei and Hsinchu in the final hours leading up to today’s local elections. Taipei Mayor and TPP Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) campaigned with ...
Human rights progress discussed at Taipei forum
Taipei should be aiming to have comprehensive engagement with the international community on human rights issues to enhance progress in Taiwan’s efforts in rights matters, National Human Rights ...
Looking for a boost, Taiwan’s oldest political party turns to the great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan's nationalist party is looking to the purported great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek to refurbish its image.
Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party likely to face defeat at local elections: Observers
Various polls have shown that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party could lose in more than half of the 22 counties and cities up for grabs.
Chinese Anti-Submarine Helicopter Sighted off Taiwan’s East Coast – TaiwanPlus News
Taiwan’s military has reported spotting a Chinese anti-submarine helicopter near the country's eastern coast. To learn the significance of the latest Chinese military aircraft to be spotted near Taiwan, our reporter Jaime Ocon spoke to Ben Lewis ...
How Silicon Valley looks at the Taiwan miracle (2): Taiwan manages without a national security strategy
Controversies over its sovereignty have prevented Taiwan from having a clear national strategy. But who's at fault? Winston Churchill once said Britain's strategy for the past 400 years had been to avoid the Low Countries from falling into the hands of the great powers in Continental Europe.
China threat looms in Taiwan’s local elections as voters weigh island’s future
Ruling DPP campaigns on rising Beijing threat while rival KMT steers clear, in first vote since tensions in the Taiwan Strait escalated
‘Taiwan is China’s Taiwan’, says China’s defense ministry in rejection to U.S. report
BEIJING: China's Ministry of National Defense on Thursday reiterated Beijing's stance on the Taiwan question, saying that "Taiwan is China's Taiwan."Wu Qian, spokesperson for the ministry, told a
Growing discontent towards Taiwan’s ruling party over escalating tensions, sluggish economy
The opposition Kuomintang could win 15 out of the 22 mayoral and county magistrate seats available at Saturday’s local elections, one political opinion tracker has found.
Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister on tensions with China amid threatening military activity
The people of Taiwan will head to the polls this weekend for local elections. The vote comes as mainland China has ramped up threatening military activity around Taiwan, which it views as a break-away province.