Advertisement Taiwanese Vice President William Lai, who is the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s presidential candidate, transited through the United States this week on his way to and from Paraguay for the presidential inauguration of Santiago Peña. Taiwanese presidents traditionally do not travel directly to the United States, instead conducting “stopovers” on the way to visit … Read more
Advertisement With Taiwan’s January 2024 presidential elections fast approaching, the field of candidates has taken shape. From the incumbent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Vice President William Lai seeks to make his party the first in Taiwanese history to win three popular elections in a row. Challenging him from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), former police chief … Read more
Advertisement Despite the fact that the candidates of the major parties were only finalized a few weeks ago, the upcoming Taiwanese elections have already seen a number of twists and turns. The elections will take place in January 2024. After much back-and-forth about who its presidential candidate would be, in mid-May, the KMT settled on … Read more
Advertisement After months of speculation, New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih was named as the presidential candidate of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) on Wednesday. Though Hou was long the clear front-runner based on polling, the process by which Hou was named the party’s presidential candidate proved tortuous. The KMT announced in March that it would be … Read more
Advertisement Taiwan’s recent economic troubles are looking increasingly likely to affect the prospects of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and its presidential candidate, Vice President William Lai, in Taiwan’s 2024 elections. In the first quarter of 2023, Taiwan’s economy entered a technical recession as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 3.02 percent compared to the … Read more