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Taiwan presidential election 2020
![Taiwan ‘Shouts Back’: President Tsai Wins Re-Election Despite China’s Pressure Campaign Taiwan ‘Shouts Back’: President Tsai Wins Re-Election Despite China’s Pressure Campaign](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-12.jpg)
Taiwan ‘Shouts Back’: President Tsai Wins Re-Election Despite China’s Pressure Campaign
By Shannon Tiezzi
Tsai Ing-wen won a landslide victory over her opponent, in a blow to Beijing's hopes.
![Taiwan Candidates Rally as KMT Official Accused of Attempting to Bribe Chinese Defector Taiwan Candidates Rally as KMT Official Accused of Attempting to Bribe Chinese Defector](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-09-9.jpg)
Taiwan Candidates Rally as KMT Official Accused of Attempting to Bribe Chinese Defector
By Nick Aspinwall
Wang Liqiang, the self-proclaimed Chinese spy, reportedly received death threats in an attempt to coerce him to recant his allegations and falsely implicate Taiwan’s DPP in corruption.
![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 Rebukes Beijing’s New 26 Measures for Cross-Strait Exchanges Taiwan Rebukes Beijing’s New 26 Measures for Cross-Strait Exchanges](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-31174375604-031c18a7a8-k.jpg)
Taiwan Rebukes Beijing’s New 26 Measures for Cross-Strait Exchanges
By Nick Aspinwall
Taiwan’s ruling DPP rejected China’s offer of incentives to Taiwanese nationals, while the opposition KMT welcomed the move.
![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’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.
![Presidential Hopeful Terry Gou Will Step Down as Chairman of Foxconn Presidential Hopeful Terry Gou Will Step Down as Chairman of Foxconn](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19133190460816.jpg)
Presidential Hopeful Terry Gou Will Step Down as Chairman of Foxconn
By Johnson Lai
The announcement comes as Gou eyes a presidential bid in Taiwan.
![Polls Are Open as Taiwan’s President Tries to Fend Off Primary Challenger Polls Are Open as Taiwan’s President Tries to Fend Off Primary Challenger](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-14_15-18-23.jpg)
Polls Are Open as Taiwan’s President Tries to Fend Off Primary Challenger
By Nick Aspinwall
President Tsai Ing-wen is locked in a fierce primary battle with her former premier, William Lai.
![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.
![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.
![Foxconn CEO Terry Gou Says a Sea Goddess Has Told Him to Run for President Foxconn CEO Terry Gou Says a Sea Goddess Has Told Him to Run for President](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19107322653182.jpg)
Foxconn CEO Terry Gou Says a Sea Goddess Has Told Him to Run for President
By Nick Aspinwall
Gou’s entry into Taiwan’s 2020 presidential race further clutters a field packed with larger-than-life personalities.
![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.
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