Taiwan votes in presidential and parliamentary elections next Saturday, with thr...
TAIPEI - Taiwan votes in presidential and parliamentary elections next Saturday, with three candidates standing for the position of president, including current leader Tsai Ing-wen who is up for re-election at the end of her first four-year term.
After a career in academia, Tsai was part of the team negotiating Taiwan’s entry into the World Trade Organization and then joined the China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council, which she ended up running from 2000 to 2004. Tsai says a vote for her is a vote against Taiwan becoming “a second Hong Kong” and being forced to accept a union with China under a “one country, two systems” principle. Tsai has repeatedly said Taiwan faces a life and death threat to its existence and democratic way of life from China.
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