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Who are the three men in the race to become Taiwan president?
11 months, 1 week ago

Who are the three men in the race to become Taiwan president?

Firstpost  

Today’s presidential election in Taiwan will not only decide the country’s democratic fate but also act as a major flashpoint in the ongoing tensions between China and the United States. Here are the three candidates for the presidential election: Lai Ching-te Lai Ching-te, also known as William, is the vice president of the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan. Hou Yu-ih …

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Taiwan hits back at China for ‘repeated interference’ in upcoming elections
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Taiwan hits back at China for ‘repeated interference’ in upcoming elections

Al Jazeera  

Taipei responds to Beijing calling frontrunner candidate Lai ‘dangerous’ and towards ‘evil path’ of independence. On Thursday, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu criticised China’s “repeated interference” in the upcoming polls, lambasting Beijing for “once again blatantly intimidating the Taiwanese people and the international community”. JW https://t.co/Wcamt885QM pic.twitter.com/TdTghS82sr — 外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC 🇹🇼 January 11, 2024 The statement …

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Taiwan gears up for historic presidential elections amid US-China tensions
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Taiwan gears up for historic presidential elections amid US-China tensions

Live Mint  

Taiwan, the wedge between United States and China, is set to go into elections on 13 January. In what is set to be a historic year for elections worldwide, after Bangladesh concluded a rather violent general polls, all eyes are now set on Taiwan, as voters will head to the polls this week to choose their next president, vice president …

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Taiwan's sovereignty belongs to its people, presidential frontrunner says
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Taiwan's sovereignty belongs to its people, presidential frontrunner says

Firstpost  

Taiwan’s Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections are happening as China has stepped up military and political pressure to assert its claims of sovereignty over the island, including regularly sending warplanes into the strait. “On so-called Taiwan independence, Taiwan’s basic position is that Taiwan’s sovereignty and independence belong to its 23 million people not the People’s Republic of China,” Lai …

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'Won't let war break out...': Taiwan's vice-presidential frontrunner blames China for tensions
1 year ago

'Won't let war break out...': Taiwan's vice-presidential frontrunner blames China for tensions

India TV News  

Taiwan's ruling party will not let a war break out with China, said the country's former top diplomat and the frontrunner to becoming its next vice-president. Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan's high-profile former de facto ambassador to the United States, blamed China for stirring up tensions as Beijing has stepped up its military incursions to assert its sovereignty claims as the country's …

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Taiwan’s presidential candidates will hold a televised debate as the race heats up
1 year ago

Taiwan’s presidential candidates will hold a televised debate as the race heats up

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The three candidates running in next month’s Taiwanese presidential election will hold a televised debate on Dec. 30 as the race heats up under pressure from China. The outcome of the Jan. 13 election could have a major effect on relations between China and the United States, which is bound by its own laws to provide Taiwan …

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Ex-Taiwan leader visits China, first such trip since civil war
1 year, 8 months ago

Ex-Taiwan leader visits China, first such trip since civil war

Al Jazeera  

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 …

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China welcomes former Taiwan president’s plan to visit
1 year, 9 months ago

China welcomes former Taiwan president’s plan to visit

Al Jazeera  

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 …

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Cross-Strait Relations in 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

Cross-Strait Relations in 2023

The Diplomat  

2022 was a difficult year for cross-strait relations. Some of these incursions persisted through the end of 2022, causing researchers Adrian Ang U-Jin and Olli Pekka Suorsa to argue, “Since the beginning of August 2022, the PLA has established a ‘new normal’ in the Taiwan Strait, with the previously acknowledged median line erased entirely.” Amid these developments, some analysts – …

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Taiwanese vote in local elections amid flare-up in tensions with China
2 years ago

Taiwanese vote in local elections amid flare-up in tensions with China

India Today  

Polls opened in Taiwan on Saturday in local elections that President Tsai Ing-wen has framed as being about sending a message to the world about the island's determination to defend its democracy in the face of China's rising bellicosity. But Tsai has recast the election as being more than a local poll, saying the world is watching how Taiwan defends …

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Seven decades of China-Taiwan tensions
2 years, 4 months ago

Seven decades of China-Taiwan tensions

Hindustan Times  

As tensions between the US and China soar over a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, AFP looks back at relations between the self-governing island and its superpower neighbour. Washington expresses support for the "One China" policy, which states that Taiwan is part of China, but maintains trade and military ties with Taipei. In October, US President …

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