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Outsider Ko Wen-je could become Taiwan's president

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TAIWAN

Profile of Ko Wen-je.

Taiwan's elections will shape cross-Strait ties

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TAIWAN

The DPP’s presidential candidate is Lai Ching-te, a former legislator and vice president of Tsai Ing-wen, who cannot seek a third term due to constitutional limitations. Lai will…

New party leader sets scene for Taiwan elections

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TAIWAN

President Tsai Ing-wen resigned the post of party leader after the DPP performed poorly in local elections in November. Lai’s elevation to party chairman, in an uncontested vote…

Fears of war with China will gain prominence in Taiwan

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TAIWAN

Cross-Strait relations.

Party coup changes Taiwan election outlook

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TAIWAN

Eric Chu, the party chairman, was nominated to replace Hung Hsiu-chu, whose candidacy failed to rally support within the party. He will run against Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the…

Growing US Republican Taiwan focus may provoke Beijing

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US/TAIWAN

Separately, five Republican senators, led by Florida's Marco Rubio, wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on February 7, requesting she invite Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen to…

Taiwan election race stalls cross-Strait engagement

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TAIWAN

Electoral politics in Taiwan.

New president will reorient Taiwan's foreign policy

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TAIWAN

The DPP candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, will become Taiwan's first female president and the first DPP president to preside over a legislature controlled by her party.

Taiwan's new government will upset regional status quo

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TAIWAN

The outlook for Taiwan under the new administration.

Handling China will be Taiwan's key election issue

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TAIWAN

As president (2008-16), he engineered a cooperative phase of relations with Beijing. Ma, now an influential elder in the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party, was in China when…