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Han Kuo-yu
![Taiwan’s Han Kuo-yu Picks Running Mate as Scandals, Controversies Swirl Taiwan’s Han Kuo-yu Picks Running Mate as Scandals, Controversies Swirl](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-73361249-2597869210450227-6568572220560375808-n.jpg)
Taiwan’s Han Kuo-yu Picks Running Mate as Scandals, Controversies Swirl
By Nick Aspinwall
Han Kuo-yu announced former premier Chang San-cheng as his vice presidential pick, while controversial comments and property acquisition scandals hamper his campaign.
![Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy and the Looming Election Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy and the Looming Election](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-48054869131_4097eb4c13_k.jpg)
Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy and the Looming Election
By Jeremy Huai-Che Chiang
With the election looming large on the horizon, Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy is obviously at a decisive juncture.
![Taiwan Loses Another Diplomatic Ally: Onward Without the Solomon Islands? Taiwan Loses Another Diplomatic Ally: Onward Without the Solomon Islands?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-48054869131_4097eb4c13_k.jpg)
Taiwan Loses Another Diplomatic Ally: Onward Without the Solomon Islands?
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
Is China’s campaign of isolation against Taiwan working?
![Taiwan’s President (and Her Challenger) Thank US for $8 Billion F-16V Sale Taiwan’s President (and Her Challenger) Thank US for $8 Billion F-16V Sale](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-21_21-58-54.jpg)
Taiwan’s President (and Her Challenger) Thank US for $8 Billion F-16V Sale
By Nick Aspinwall
Tsai Ing-wen thanked the United States for the deal. So did her main presidential challenger, the Beijing-friendly Han Kuo-yu.
![Why the Hong Kong Protests Don’t Guarantee a Tsai Victory in Taiwan Why the Hong Kong Protests Don’t Guarantee a Tsai Victory in Taiwan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-26563148318_2c04195be6_k.jpg)
Why the Hong Kong Protests Don’t Guarantee a Tsai Victory in Taiwan
By Lev Nachman and Brian Hioe
The challenges facing Tsai remain the same, with or without the Hong Kong protests.
![Taiwan President to Stop in Denver as US-Taiwan Ties Strengthen Taiwan President to Stop in Denver as US-Taiwan Ties Strengthen](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-48269530096_3012b75b50_k.jpg)
Taiwan President to Stop in Denver as US-Taiwan Ties Strengthen
By Nick Aspinwall
Tsai’s 2-day stopovers in New York and Denver have drawn significant attention as Taiwan seeks to leverage its bond with the US.
![Taiwan’s KMT Will Choose Its Candidate to Challenge a Resurgent President Tsai Taiwan’s KMT Will Choose Its Candidate to Challenge a Resurgent President Tsai](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-61614212_2451101521793664_5491754710350168064_n.jpg)
Taiwan’s KMT Will Choose Its Candidate to Challenge a Resurgent President Tsai
By Nick Aspinwall
KMT contenders struggle to pull away from each other as political momentum shifts back to the ruling DPP.
![Taiwan Politicians Continue to Align Themselves With Hong Kong Protestors Taiwan Politicians Continue to Align Themselves With Hong Kong Protestors](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-14_15-18-23.jpg)
Taiwan Politicians Continue to Align Themselves With Hong Kong Protestors
By Nick Aspinwall
Protestors in Hong Kong demanding the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill find a reliable ally in Taiwan.
![Taiwan’s Democracy Is Utterly Confounded by Populist Mayor Han Kuo-yu Taiwan’s Democracy Is Utterly Confounded by Populist Mayor Han Kuo-yu](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18328531429517.jpg)
Taiwan’s Democracy Is Utterly Confounded by Populist Mayor Han Kuo-yu
By Nick Aspinwall
The controversial Kaohsiung mayor, now a presidential frontrunner, was never supposed to make it this far. It’s an increasingly familiar story.
![Taiwan's Topsy-Turvy Cross-Strait Politics Taiwan's Topsy-Turvy Cross-Strait Politics](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-31344756118_59575f1437_k.jpg)
Taiwan's Topsy-Turvy Cross-Strait Politics
By James X. Morris
Taiwan’s 2020 presidential candidates hint at a massive gravity shift toward China in both the KMT and DPP.
![Han Kuo-Yu: Taiwan’s Populist President? Han Kuo-Yu: Taiwan’s Populist President?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-57989046_2419115601658923_1738754317931773952_n.jpg)
Han Kuo-Yu: Taiwan’s Populist President?
By Jeffery C. J. Chen
Han is wildly popular, but his policy positions -- or lack thereof -- should be cause for concern, given Taiwan's delicate situation.
![Taiwan’s Presidential Frontrunners Just Tested Very Different Foreign Waters Taiwan’s Presidential Frontrunners Just Tested Very Different Foreign Waters](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-46562093635_6941ce6e3d_k.jpg)
Taiwan’s Presidential Frontrunners Just Tested Very Different Foreign Waters
By Nick Aspinwall
President Tsai Ing-wen visited Taiwan’s Pacific diplomatic allies, while Han Kuo-yu stopped in Hong Kong, Macau, and China.