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Vote for continuity: On Taiwan’s presidential elections
11 months, 1 week ago

Vote for continuity: On Taiwan’s presidential elections

The Hindu  

The Democratic Progressive Party’s victory in Taiwan’s presidential elections for a historic third consecutive term reflects a vote for continuity from the 14 million voters, most of whom favour a maintenance of the fragile status quo in relations with China and the preservation of Taiwan’s current status. The results will see Vice President William Lai Ching-te take over from incumbent …

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Parties, candidates, and voters: A guide to high-stake elections in Taiwan
11 months, 1 week ago

Parties, candidates, and voters: A guide to high-stake elections in Taiwan

Firstpost  

Taiwan will hold crucial elections for both its presidential post and the 113-member legislature on Saturday, under intense pressure from China. It openly criticises Taiwan’s current ruling party and attempts to frame the election as a choice between ‘war and peace, prosperity and decline.’ The East Asian country has also increased its military presence in the Taiwan Strait and the …

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Taiwan elections 2024: Polls close as voters pick president, MPs
11 months, 1 week ago

Taiwan elections 2024: Polls close as voters pick president, MPs

Al Jazeera  

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 …

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Taiwan’s new president-elect is a historic choice — and a cause for more tension with China
11 months, 1 week ago

Taiwan’s new president-elect is a historic choice — and a cause for more tension with China

LA Times  

The election Saturday of Lai Ching-te as Taiwan’s next president represents a historic achievement for his independence-leaning party — but is certain to increase tensions with China and challenges for the U.S. in one of the world’s most worrisome hot spots. But as packed crowds of supporters reveled in the Democratic Progressive Party’s win outside its headquarters here in Taipei …

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What are the big concerns of Taiwan's voters? It is NOT China
11 months, 1 week ago

What are the big concerns of Taiwan's voters? It is NOT China

Firstpost  

Taiwan’s economy has been sputtering since the COVID-19 pandemic with GDP at an anaemic 1.4 per cent in 2023. Supporters of Taiwan’s Taiwan People’s Party presidential candidate Ko Wen-je cheer outside of Ko’s campaign office in Xiangshan District, southwest Hsinchu City. As per The Guardian, while Taiwan faced relatively low inflation of 2.48 per cent in 2023, price rises on …

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In photos: Costumes, color and singing candidates — welcome to a Taiwanese election
11 months, 1 week ago

In photos: Costumes, color and singing candidates — welcome to a Taiwanese election

NPR  

In photos: Costumes, color and singing candidates — welcome to a Taiwanese election Enlarge this image toggle caption An Rong Xu for NPR An Rong Xu for NPR TAIPEI, Taiwan — Amid a dazzling display of color and theatrics, Taiwan, the only Chinese-language democracy, is preparing to elect a new president this weekend. Enlarge this image toggle caption An Rong …

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Taiwan goes to the polls under the watchful eye of China, but young voters want this election to be different
11 months, 1 week ago

Taiwan goes to the polls under the watchful eye of China, but young voters want this election to be different

ABC  

For the last few weeks, Taiwan has erupted into a festival of democracy. "China has been trying to influence Taiwan's elections ever since Taiwan's first presidential election in 1996," says Wei-Ting Yen, a Taiwanese political scientist from Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania. "They don't want KMT, they don't want DPP, they want something in the middle," a young mother …

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‘A country but not a country’: Taiwan prepares to vote in China’s shadow
11 months, 1 week ago

‘A country but not a country’: Taiwan prepares to vote in China’s shadow

Al Jazeera  

Some 63 percent of Taiwan’s people identify as Taiwanese even as Beijing claims the island, but it might not affect Saturday’s vote. Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwan’s more than 19 million eligible voters will cast their ballots on Saturday for the island’s next leaders and lawmakers amid domestic economic challenges and China’s continued threats against the self-ruled island. Hioe, who is …

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A non-traditional candidate resonates with Taiwan’s youth ahead of Saturday’s presidential election
11 months, 1 week ago

A non-traditional candidate resonates with Taiwan’s youth ahead of Saturday’s presidential election

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — With Taiwan’s high-stakes presidential election just days away, a nonconformist candidate has been resonating with the island’s youth, seemingly more concerned with the dearth of good jobs and affordable housing than the looming threat from China. In a survey of its undergraduate students published last month, Soochow University in Taipei found that 33.9% of the respondents said …

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Taiwan’s Gen Z voters want something new in Saturday’s election
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Taiwan’s Gen Z voters want something new in Saturday’s election

Al Jazeera  

Once political outsiders, Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party is now seen as part of the ‘establishment’ by younger voters. Its appeal to young people – voters must be 20 or over in Taiwan – is the latest challenge for a political party that previously had to contend with problems like martial law, the once powerful KMT, which headed Taiwan from the …

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A poll with outsize importance: What to know about Taiwan’s election
11 months, 2 weeks ago

A poll with outsize importance: What to know about Taiwan’s election

Al Jazeera  

Taiwanese voters will choose their next president and legislature on January 13. Since its first democratic elections in 1996, Taiwan’s two major political parties have alternated leadership every eight years – but this year, the DPP’s William Lai Ching-te is the frontrunner with the KMT, which has far failed to mount a substantial challenge to Lai following the collapse of …

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Taiwan’s presidential election will be a three-way race after all
1 year ago

Taiwan’s presidential election will be a three-way race after all

Hindustan Times  

The question of who will be Taiwan’s presidential candidates for the election due in January has finally been settled. Hou Yu-ih of the Nationalist Party, or KMT, and Ko Wen-je of the upstart Taiwan People’s Party will run against William Lai, the vice-president and candidate of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. Mr Ko, a former mayor of Taipei, chose as …

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Taiwan’s opposition parties to work together for January election
1 year, 1 month ago

Taiwan’s opposition parties to work together for January election

Al Jazeera  

The Kuomintang and Taiwan People’s Party will run a joint ticket in a bid to beat the ruling DPP’s William Lai. Two of Taiwan’s rival opposition parties have announced they will collaborate on a joint ticket in the upcoming presidential election, in what could be a major political upset for the East Asian democracy. The presidential candidates for both parties, …

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With controversy and clicks, Taiwan presidential hopeful aims to be a third-party exception
1 year, 3 months ago

With controversy and clicks, Taiwan presidential hopeful aims to be a third-party exception

LA Times  

Then-Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, center, poses with supporters at a market in 2018. “He’s actually more like a philosopher,” said Lin Fu-guo, a 56-year-old tech worker who drove about two hours to attend Ko’s concert in Taipei in late July, at which the would-be president warbled Chinese-language classics and danced woodenly among other performers. “I often say, ‘Sometimes getting elected …

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Taiwan Is Retreating From Nuclear Energy. At What Cost?
1 year, 10 months ago

Taiwan Is Retreating From Nuclear Energy. At What Cost?

Huff Post  

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan ― Shrouded in late-morning mist and fenced in behind barbed wire, the facility looked at first glance like the sort of abandoned fortress where a mad scientist might carry out taboo experiments. And while the coal and gas that now provide most of Taiwan’s power depend on steady imports, nuclear reactors could crank for up to …

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Why is Taiwan’s Kuomintang on the ropes?
4 years, 1 month ago

Why is Taiwan’s Kuomintang on the ropes?

Al Jazeera  

The China-friendly party is struggling to reinvent itself as Taiwan changes, and the coffers are running dry too. The older generation, represented especially by former President Ma, clings to the ‘1992 Consensus’, but the younger generation, represented by KMT Chair Johnny Chiang, recognises that the KMT must modify its stance if it is to win support in Taiwan,” said Bonnie …

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