Taiwanese voters have spoken: what do the elections mean for Tsai Ing-wen’s party, and China?

Sonny Lo says Taiwan’s ruling party has only itself to blame for voters’ revolt

However, the KMT’s strong showing does not make it a shoo-in for the presidential election, and Beijing should see the importance of respecting voters’ wishes

Sonny Lo

Published: 6:30am, 27 Nov, 2018

Updated: 2:46am, 8 May, 2019

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Sonny Lo Shiu-Hing is a veteran political commentator and observer of the politics of Hong Kong and Macau. He has published many books on the two cities' governance, democratisation and crime control, among other topics.

Taiwanese voters have spoken: what do the elections mean for Tsai Ing-wen’s party, and China?

Sonny Lo says Taiwan’s ruling party has only itself to blame for voters’ revolt However, the KMT’s strong showing does not make it a shoo-in for the presidential election, and Beijing should see the importance of respecting voters’ wishes

Sonny Lo says Taiwan’s ruling party has only itself to blame for voters’ revolt

However, the KMT’s strong showing does not make it a shoo-in for the presidential election, and Beijing should see the importance of respecting voters’ wishes