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Many Traveled Home to Taiwan for Election

On January 7, the Central Election Commission of Taiwan announced that more than 19.3 million voters were registered to vote in the election on January 11. The election attracted a large number of voters, with tens of thousands traveling from abroad specifically to cast their votes. The pervasive belief is that this election would determine ...

David Jirard

Voting in the Taiwan election.

Tsai Ing-wen Wins Taiwanese Elections

The Taiwanese election results are in and it is something that Beijing won’t be too happy about. Tsai Ing-wen, the current president and a vocal advocate of Taiwan’s democracy, has secured a second term as the leader of the country. She secured about 57 percent of the vote, which put her far ahead of pro-China ...

Max Lu

President Tsai Ing-wen.

Analysis: How Tsai Ing-wen Won the Taiwanese Election (Again)

The results of the recent Taiwanese elections came on like a heart attack for Beijing as pro-democracy candidate Tsai Ing-wen won with a massive 57 percent vote share. This is the biggest election victory for a candidate since presidential elections began in 1996. While Tsai Ing-wen secured over 8 million votes, her closest rival, pro-Beijing ...

Max Lu

Tsai Ing-wen waving to supporters.