Taiwan s ruling party secures record third term as VP Lai Ching-te wins presidential vote freerepublic.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from freerepublic.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Taiwan’s voters have defied Beijing’s threats and intimidation and elected as president the most independence-minded of the candidates for the job. After a typically boisterous election, Lai Ching-te of the China-sceptic Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) declared victory Saturday evening, having received just over 40 per cent of the vote in Taiwan’s first-past-the-post system. ‘We’ve written a new
Taipei (AFP) Jan 12, 2024 - Meeting voters, visiting temples and touring the streets in an open-top truck, Li Zhen-xiu is campaigning hard for Saturday s election in Taiwan, just like hundreds of other candidates.