Tsai Ing-wen

Taiwan's president wins re-election
Taiwan's President and presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou waves to supporters after casting his ballot in Taiwan's presidential elections Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in Taipei, Taiwan. Ma is in a close race with opposition Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, candidate Tsai Ing-wen. (AP Photo)
January 14, 2012
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's incumbent president was re-elected on Saturday as official tallies showed he held a near-unassailable lead in the vote-count and the opposition conceded...
Taiwan president takes lead in re-election bid
January 14, 2012
TAIPEI -- Incumbent Ma Ying-jeou held a strong lead in Taiwan's presidential election Saturday, as voters appeared drawn to his vision of better relations with China over his...
Taiwan goes to the polls as China, U.S. look on
Opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen, left, greets supporters in Chiayi county on Jan. 9, while Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou visits the same county on Jan. 5. (Kentaro Koyama)
January 14, 2012
TAIPEI -- Taiwanese voted on Saturday, Jan. 14, for their next president and parliament, an election being closely monitored by China and the United States as they look for...
Independent voters will likely decide Taiwan...
Opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen, left, greets supporters in Chiayi county on Jan. 9, while Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou visits the same county on Jan. 5. (Kentaro Koyama)
January 12, 2012
Independent voters hold the key to determining who emerges victorious in what is expected to be a very close race in the Taiwan presidential election on Jan. 14.
Taiwan's presidential race heats up in homestretch
Supporters of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) march through Taipei on Jan. 8. (Kentaro Koyama)
January 09, 2012
TAIPEI--Huge political rallies were held across Taiwan on Jan. 8 as a closely fought presidential race entered its final week.
Taiwan's Tsai puts pragmatism over populism
January 05, 2012
TAIPEI - Taiwan's first woman presidential candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, is not like the average politician from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
WIDENING INCOME GAP/ Taiwan president's economic...
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, left, and Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (Asahi Shimbun photos)
December 13, 2011
TAIPEI - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, fresh off an election victory in 2008, offered a vision of prosperity through closer ties with China: the economy would grow 6 percent...
Ma avoids putting deadline on nuclear phaseout
Ma Ying-jeou (Takio Murakami)
November 05, 2011
TAIPEI—Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou announced a new policy of phasing out nuclear power on Nov. 3, but avoided putting a deadline on a process that could take decades.
Taiwan's main opposition leader touts dovish...
Tsai Ing-wen, head of the Taiwanese main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, delivers a speech at Waseda Univeristy in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Oct. 5. (Takio Murakami)
October 07, 2011
Tsai Ing-wen, the head of Taiwan's main opposition party, was at pains during her visit to Japan to portray herself as dovish toward China ahead of the territory's presidential ...
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