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Vote count under way, with results expected in a few hours after high expected turnout. Taipei, Taiwan – Voters have cast their ballots in Taiwan’s closely watched presidential and parliamentary elections, with initial results showing the candidate of the ruling party taking a commanding lead. The presidential vote is a surprising three-way race between incumbent Vice President William Lai Ching-te …

Former KMT chief visits mainland ancestral home for first time

Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, paid respects to his ancestors in Xiangtan, Central China's Hunan province, where his family originates, on Saturday with his four sisters. Ma and his family traveled to Shuangyang village in Baishi town of Xiangtan on Saturday morning to pay homage to their ancestors ahead of the Qingming Festival that falls on …

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is scheduled to depart on a 10-day tour of Central America with stopovers in the US. There is an unspoken rule that Taiwanese presidents do not make official visits to the US, or travel to the capital Washington, DC, but “transit stops” have become increasingly elaborate in recent years, said Kwei-Bo Huang, an associate professor of …

Former President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing as Taiwan’s ruling party accuses him of ‘endorsing’ Beijing’s Taiwan policy. Taiwan’s ex-President Ma Ying-jeou has become the first sitting or former Taiwanese leader to visit mainland China since the Communist revolution in 1949, a trip Taipei’s ruling party called “regrettable”. Ma’s office said he was met at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport on Monday …

Ma Ying-jeou will become the first former or current leader of Taiwan to visit China since 1949. Beijing has welcomed a plan by former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou of the self-ruled island’s main opposition Kuomintang party to visit China. Ma, who led the self-ruled island from 2008 to 2016, plans to visit China from March 27 until April 7, becoming …