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3 days ago · On January 16, 2016, Taiwan’s voters went to the polls and gave Tsai Ing-wen, chair of the DPP, a resounding victory. She became Taiwan’s first female president by obtaining more than 56 percent of the popular vote, besting the support received by the two other candidates combined.
2 days ago · Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) became the first female president after winning the 2016 presidential election, defeating KMT nominee Eric Chu. She won a second term in 2020 and will serve until 20 May 2024. [7]
4 days ago · His predecessor, former President Tsai Ing-wen, worked to strengthen Taiwan’s defenses while adopting conciliatory measures and providing assurances to Beijing. But this approach was not reciprocated by Beijing.
4 days ago · President and party Chair William Lai (賴清德) has dispensed with the carefully balanced appointment formula that his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) had imposed to keep the peace between the factions and has packed the government with his loyalists and New Tide (新潮流系統, usually abbreviated to 新系) figures.
4 days ago · In 2018, Beijing limited the outflow of tourists to Taiwan, prompting the Tsai Ing-wen government to pass a subsidy to encourage domestic tourism. In 2021, the PRC levelled import bans on Taiwanese pineapples and apples. Taiwan exported more than 41,000 tons of pineapple to the PRC one year earlier.
1 day ago · Taipei: Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday agreed to deepen ties between Japan and Taiwan. During their hourlong meeting at the presidential office in Taipei, Aso, vice president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Tsai also shared the recognition that a Taiwan conflict is ...
4 days ago · Other cases involved Chinese nationals who have acquired Taiwanese citizenship, such as publisher and editor Fucha, and reports in late 2023 that a Chinese member of a Tsai Ing-wen support group...
