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Tsai Ing-wen

Tsai Ing-wen is a former Taiwanese leader. She took office on May 20, 2016, after her Democratic Progressive Party won a landslide victory over the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang in the presidential election in January of the same year. She was the first woman elected leader of the self-ruled island.

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31 Aug 1956

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Former Taiwanese leader

Lam Wing-kee in 2016. He said he had been kidnapped and blindfolded at the border and subsequently held in solitary confinement. Photo: Robert Ng

Hong Kong politics

Taiwan’s leader pays tribute to Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee after his death

‘I want to express my deepest condolences to his family, friends and all those who care about freedom and democracy in Hong Kong,’ William Lai says in Facebook post.

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Tsai Ing-wen

Taiwan’s leader pays tribute to Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee after his death

‘I want to express my deepest condolences to his family, friends and all those who care about freedom and democracy in Hong Kong,’ William Lai says in Facebook post.

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Are the Communist Party and the KMT reviving a cross-strait political channel?

The Kuomintang’s vice-chairman is expected to head a party delegation from Taiwan to the mainland later this month, reports say.

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Singapore’s former foreign minister also discusses Trump, the latest China-Japan dust-up, and rivalry between Hong Kong and the city state.

Open Questions | Yeo on how Trump wants to avoid Taiwan upending China relations

Former Singapore foreign minister George Yeo says that Donald Trump is prioritising stable relations with China, and that the US is facing decline amid a shift to a multipolar world.

Jimmy Lai trial: Post sketches offer public a glimpse of courtroom moments

Illustrations by Post senior designer Victor Sanjinez captured some of the drama inside the court as Jimmy Lai’s trial progressed.

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai used personal ties to seek foreign sanctions: court ruling

Former media boss tapped into vast political network for intervention against Beijing and Hong Kong, according to 857-page judgment.

Taiwan races to find Ragasa victims as ‘utterly vile’ political firestorm erupts

Authorities face hard questions over negligence as leaked DPP texts reveal ‘cold-blooded’ typhoon disaster blame strategy.

Beijing accuses Japan of allowing ‘Taiwan independence’ platform with Tsai trip

Former Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen visited Japan as a tourist this month, representative says, but Beijing urges ‘utmost caution’.

Hong Kong slams ‘smear campaigns’ as Jimmy Lai expected to return to court

Government spokesman warns against anyone trying to interfere with the court.

How Taipei-controlled island close to mainland coast shows limits of both sides

Quemoy is administered by Taipei but has a front-row seat to Beijing’s cross-strait integration charm offensives.

Former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou to return to mainland China despite warnings

Beijing welcomes former KMT chairman and Ma Ying-jeou Foundation CEO stresses importance of stable cross-strait relations amid tariff war.

Exclusive | Military mishap risks rise with PLA’s ‘grey zone operations’: Taiwan ex-minister

Beijing and Taipei need to ‘break the ice’, start talking at lower levels, Andrew Yang tells the Post at the Shangri-La Dialogue.

Taipei Palace Museum struggles with tourist numbers amid cross-strait tension

Opposition lawmaker questions massive drop in visitors from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.

Former aide to Taiwan’s security chief expelled from DPP over spying allegations

Ho Jen-chieh, who worked for the island’s former foreign minister Joseph Wu, is suspected of leaking classified information to Beijing.

Beijing’s pilot zone for economic integration with Taiwan running out of steam

By 2022 there were over 3,000 people and nearly 1,300 enterprises from Taiwan in Pingtan, Fujian, but the cross-strait beacon is dimming.

Former Taiwan leader emphasises shared roots of island and mainland Chinese

On his fifth student exchange programme, Ma Ying-jeou accuses ruling DPP of being behind unprecedented crisis in culture.

Taiwan’s Lai arrives in Hawaii for 2-day US stop on way to South Pacific

The stop, and another planned in Guam, have drawn fierce criticism from Beijing.

Ex-Taiwanese leader’s trip to security summit in Canada raises ire in Beijing

Tsai Ing-wen has been invited to deliver a keynote address at the annual Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia.

Beijing reminds Canada of ‘one China’ pledge ahead of visit by Tsai

Former Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen reportedly expected to address a security forum in Canada, after three-nation European trip last month.

Beijing could elaborate law for ‘non-peaceful’ Taiwan reunification

Cautionary remarks by former US envoy, Taipei lawmaker come after PLA unleashes blockade drills over speech by island’s ‘separatist’ leader.

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Island’s leader William Lai continues to test Beijing’s patience with inflammatory talk, a situation that serves no one’s interests.

Beijing hits out at Lai’s speech arguing mainland lacks authority over island

William Lai says the two sides of the strait should have equal status, comments that Beijing says are meant to worsen cross-strait tensions.

Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen to visit Europe in first overseas trip since stepping down

Details of 8-day visit kept quiet amid security concerns, reports say.

Taiwan sets war readiness goals at meeting of new defence resilience committee

Whole-of-Society Defence Resilience Committee aims to mobilise around 400,000 people, security official says.

No 2 Taiwan official visiting US for 2 weeks seeks ‘better understanding’

Speculation about how much Washington trusts island’s new leader looms over tour by Democratic Progressive Party’s secretary general.

William Lai pushes Taiwan identity to counter Beijing. But how far will he go?

Island’s leader wants to rename local dialect and boost cultural pride, but analysts say he is unlikely to officially declare independence.

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