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Tsai Ing-wen is the president of Taiwan. She took office on May 20, 2016, after her Democratic Progressive Party won a landslide victory over the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang in the presidential election in January. She is the first woman elected to the presidential office of the Republic of China, Taiwan's official name.
Neither Asia nor the rest of the world needs British input to right itself. Instead, people nowadays debate whether it is a failed or failing state.
As if Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last year was not provocation enough, the US is once again playing with fire in its relations with mainland China.
- PLA says military exercise is focused on naval and air combat readiness, seizing battlefield control, strike precision and patrols
- Drill was planned before William Lai’s inauguration and calibrated to ‘signal displeasure, but hopefully not escalate’, says analyst
Taiwan Affairs Office releases another strongly worded statement following William Lai’s inauguration on Monday.
Taiwanese leader made no mention of the ‘one China’ consensus in his inauguration speech, but spoke of the island as a ‘nation’, drawing a swift rebuke from Beijing.
In his first speech as leader, Lai omits any reference to the 1992 consensus, saying the two sides of the Taiwan Strait ‘are not subordinate to each other’.
In the run-up to William Lai’s inauguration on Monday, reluctance in the military to remove statues of the late leader raises questions about its loyalty.
Taiwan’s authorities may have limited options in enforcing rules, with tougher action potentially escalating into unintended cross-strait conflict, say analysts.
Taipei’s de facto diplomatic envoy to the US under president-elect William Lai Ching-te also says most on the island ‘prefer the status quo’.
Mainland China sends mixed messages as island’s president-elect William Lai Ching-te prepares to take office, sending PLA planes in closest known fly-by while signalling goodwill through eased tourism and imports.
Israeli cross-party delegation meets representatives of island’s current and incoming governments, visits science park and attends Holocaust Memorial Day event.
William Lai Ching-te’s ministerial team is expected to show Lai has no desire to alter cross-strait status quo: analysts.
The dead include three hikers and a truck driver killed by falling rocks in Hualien on the east coast of the island.
Kinmen Defence Command was scheduled to start exercises on Tuesday but postponed citing bad weather.
Taiwan launched its newly renovated pier on Taiping islet in the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday but Tsai Ing-wen’s absence was noted by the opposition.
Request for 2025 budget is ‘historic investment in Taiwan’s security’, US State Department says, as Pentagon seeks US$500 million in arms support for island.
President Tsai Ing-wen is facing calls to lead the opening of renovated pier in assertion of Taiwan’s claims over disputed islet, contested by Beijing, the Philippines and Vietnam.
‘We look forward to the practical cooperation that’s going to happen between Nauru and China. The prospect is bright’: Nauru foreign minister Lionel Aingimea.
The recommendation comes as cross-strait tensions are expected to rise following William Lai Ching-te’s victory in the island’s presidential election.
Observers said Tsai’s record on cross-strait relations, which deteriorated during her time in office, could create challenges for Lai, whose pro-independence stance might make him less willing to compromise with Beijing.
Whatever the fallout, passing bills will be much tougher for new leader William Lai, analysts say.
Voter turnout is expected to exceed the 74.9 per cent reported in 2020, thanks to good weather and fierce three-way race.
In unverified recording, legislator and Taiwanese president appear to discuss personnel problems in their party in 2019.
After threats, missiles, fighter jets, charm offensives, temporary blockades, trade restrictions and cyber campaigns, the mainland might expand its playbook even further.
KMT candidate Hou Yu-ih asked whether Lai wanted independence after the vice-president warned against relying on the island’s constitution as a ‘sacred mountain and shield’.
Reduction of ancient literature being taught in Taiwan schools becomes a hot topic among political rivals.
At the request of Chinese trade associations, the mainland’s Ministry of Commerce conducted an eight-month investigation – and the results are out a month before the island’s presidential election.
Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen inaugurates facility aimed at improving island’s ability to handle battlefield trauma in event of conflict with mainland.
