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Democratic Progressive Party campaign rally in Taipei draws over 10,000

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Democratic Progressive Party held a massive campaign rally in Taipei on Sunday (Dec. 3) to energize citizens to vote for Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) in ...

'Baldy' and 'Golden Boy' bring the magic to Hou Yu-ih's poll numbers

TAICHUNG (Taiwan News) — In our Taiwan News Poll of Polls, Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih’s (侯友宜) support remained fairly stable at 20-23% from Sept. 1 through to the re...

Hsiao Bi-khim champions Taiwan's new immigrants

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — New immigrants in Taiwan are on the rise and making significant contributions to society, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice presidential candidate Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴...

Taiwan News Poll of Polls, Nov 30

TAICHUNG (Taiwan News) — Before the previous poll of polls released on Nov. 25, all but three polling outfits had been holding off for two weeks waiting to see who would register as candidates o...

Meet Taipei Startup Festival kicks off at Nangang Exhibition Center

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) —Asia's largest tech startup festival, organized by Meet Taipei, celebrated its 10th anniversary with a packed crowd at Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2 on Thursday (Nov...

Taiwan appoints ex-vice foreign minister as envoy to US

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Former Vice Foreign Minister Alexander Yui (俞大㵢) will succeed Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) as Taiwan’s top envoy in the United States after she registered as a vice-president...

Poll taken pre-KMT-TPP fallout shows Ko as Taiwan presidential frontrunner

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) is the favorite in Taiwan’s presidential election, according to a poll taken before Ko’s Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) and the Kuomintang&r...

Freddy Lim joins DPP to back party in Taiwan presidential election

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Freddy Lim (林昶佐) has applied to join the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Lai Ching-te’s (賴清德) recommendation, the former New Power Party (NPP) and independent ...

Lai and Hsiao appear at DPP rally in south Taiwan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) made their first joint appearance at an e...

Taiwan opposition vice president candidate vows to rally support

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Kuomintang (KMT) vice presidential candidate Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) on Saturday (Nov. 25) pledged to bolster KMT support ahead of the presidential election, scheduled for Jan...

KMT and TPP should put country first, DPP wants cooperation among all Taiwanese, says VP

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Democratic Progressive Party’s presidential candidate Lai Ching-te (賴清德) commented Friday (Nov.24) on the opposition’s failure to unite under a single bann...

Dust settles on 3 Taiwan presidential candidates

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan now has three official presidential candidates. This follows the Friday (Nov. 24) registration of the Kuomintang's (KMT) presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih (侯友...

Bilingual Lai-Hsiao 'Made in Taiwan' meme goes viral

Taipei (Taiwan News) — Since the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Lai Ching-te (賴清德) announced on Monday (Nov. 20) that former Taiwan representative to the U.S. Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) wou...

War with China is not an option, Taiwan ruling party VP candidate says

TAIPEI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The vice presidential candidate for Taiwan's ruling party in a January election said on Thursday that war with China is not an option, pointing to cross-strait communica...

Foxconn founder works to secure a KMT-TPP Taiwan presidential ticket

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Foxconn founder Terry Gou (郭台銘) released communication records on Wednesday (Nov. 22) that appear to show his attempts to arrange cooperation between presidential candidat...