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China says will not change position on Taiwan after landslide election
TAIPEI: China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it, Beijing said yesterday, after President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election and said she would not submit to China’s threats, as state media warned she was courting disaster. The election
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World is watching our democracy, Taiwan president says on election eve
The world is watching what choice Taiwan makes as the only Chinese-speaking democracy, President Tsai Ing-wen said today, the eve of elections in which Tsai said a vote for her would be a vote for freedom. Taiwan holds presidential and
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Taiwan to vote in shadow of China pressure, Hong Kong protests
TAIPEI: Taiwan votes on Saturday in an election overshadowed by renewed Chinese efforts to get the island to accept their rule, and as Taiwan nervously watches Hong Kong protests, worried they may be next if China ever succeeds in bringing
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Taiwan artists take election inspiration as vote nears
Two Taiwanese artists – one who paints with his fingers and the other embracing the Japanese manga style – are taking inspiration from the drama of the island’s political scene ahead of a heated election on Saturday. The vote pits
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Taiwan fights election fake news ‘bombarded by China’
Taiwan is ramping up efforts ahead of a Jan 11 election to combat fake news and disinformation that the government says China is bombarding the island with to undermine its democracy. But Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang, which favours
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