Commentary / World Jan 17, 2020
Tsai's challenges will intensify in her second term
by Brad Glosserman
The DPP victory in Taiwan's presidential election was just just a defeat for the opposition Kuomintang, but also for Beijing.
Asia Pacific | ANALYSIS Jan 16, 2020
To deter China, refined 'porcupine strategy' may be more crucial to Taiwan than high-profile arms
by Iain Marlow
In her first term, President Tsai Ing-wen secured more than $10 billion in high-profile U.S. weapons to defend Taiwan against China. Over the next four years, it may be more important to acquire less glamorous but nimbler weapons to prevent Beijing from considering an ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Jan 15, 2020
China must rethink its hard-line stance toward Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen said Wednesday, as she warned the island was already independent and that any invasion would be "very costly" for Beijing. Tsai won a second term over the weekend with a record 8.2 million votes, ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Jan 14, 2020
Prague and Taipei signed a partnership agreement on Monday in an apparent snub to Beijing after the Czech capital dropped it as a sister city just three months ago. The move is expected to revive an ongoing dispute between the Czech and Chinese capitals that ...
Asia Pacific | FOCUS Jan 13, 2020
No soul-searching for Xi Jinping after Taiwan rebuffs China in election
by Samson Ellis and Peter Martin
In a democracy, two resounding election defeats in a matter of months might prompt some soul-searching in the losing camp. In China, however, a snub at the polls in territories it claims is more a minor setback rather than a sign of a flawed strategy. ...
Business Jan 13, 2020
Tsai's election victory set to bolster Taiwan's buoyant markets
by Cindy Wang
A winning run for Taiwan's financial markets is set to be reinforced by Saturday's landslide election victory for President Tsai Ing-wen. That's the view of market watchers and analysts, with the result seen helping extend what has been a positive period of investor sentiment toward ...
Asia Pacific / Politics | ANALYSIS Jan 12, 2020
Taiwanese election signals growing divide with China
by Ken Moritsugu
The landslide re-election of Taiwan's president underscores the population's embrace of an identity distinct from China — a shift that the communist leaders of China refuse to accept. The contradiction will keep the island of 23 million people at odds with its much larger neighbor ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Jan 12, 2020
Chinese media blame 'dirty tactics' for Tsai Ing-wen's landslide Taiwan election victory
Chinese state media have accused Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen of "dirty tactics" and cheating after she was re-elected with a landslide victory in a stunning rebuke of Beijing's campaign to isolate the self-ruled island. Tsai, who has pitched herself as a defender of liberal democratic ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Jan 12, 2020
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen wins re-election landslide in stinging result for China
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen won a landslide victory on Saturday as voters delivered a stunning rebuke of Beijing's campaign to isolate the self-ruled island and handed its first female leader a second term. Tsai, 63, was greeted by thousands of jubilant flag-waving supporters outside her ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Jan 11, 2020
President Tsai Ing-wen has won a second term in office, signaling strong voter support for her tough stance against China. Tsai defeated two challengers in Saturday's election — Han Kuo-yu of the rival Kuomintang and James Soong of the smaller People First Party. Han told supporters ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Jan 11, 2020
Taiwan, which is voting for a new president and parliament, has been politically separated from China for the last seven decades but faces the threat of attack by Beijing should it ever declare independence. Here are some key facts about the self-ruled democratic island, which ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Jan 11, 2020
Man infected with mysterious virus in China dies after outbreak
A 61-year-old man has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in an outbreak of a yet to be identified virus while seven others are in critical condition, the Wuhan health authorities said Saturday. In total, 41 people have been diagnosed with ...