Taiwanese democracy catches on—in mainland China The Economist Jan 21st 2012 THE presidential and parliamentary elections that Taiwan held on January 14th were unusual. No party was engulfed in scandal, as was the ruling party at the time in 2008. No candidate was shot at, as the incumbent was four years before that. China...
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The Epoch Times January 18, 2012 By Luo Ya & Gary Pansey Taiwan President of the ruling Kuomintang Party Ma Ying-jeou and his wife Chou Mei-ching smile as they step on stage after voting results showed that he won the election at his campaign headquarters in Taipei on Jan. 14, 2012. (Aaron Tam/AFP/Getty Images)...
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lowellsun.com 01/18/2012 By Joyce Tsai, jtsai@lowellsun.com TAIPEI, Taiwan — Every four years, they endure the snarl of security and customs checkpoints. They withstand the tedium of airport layovers and transoceanic flights. And by the time they have made their roundtrip journey, they will have spanned more than 15,000 miles, with one key goal in...
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The China Post January 15, 2012 President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday defeated rivals Tsai Ing-wen and James Soong by sweeping more than 51 percent of the presidential vote. The incumbent garnered more than 6.68 million votes to win another four-year term after a re-election campaign that relied heavily on its China-friendly platform. “This is not...
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US policy does not favor any candidate: Murkowski Taiwan News 2012-01-13 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – International observer delegation chief Frank Murkowski on Friday slammed comments by former American Institute in Taiwan Director Douglas Paal suggesting that the United States government would feel uncomfortable about an election victory by Democratic Progressive Party candidate Tsai Ing-wen.   ...
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