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Taiwan elects first female president and rejects pro-China party

January 30, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Christopher Bodeen and Ralph Jennings Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan elected Tsai Ing-wen as its first female president Jan. 16, handing her pro-independence party its first majority in the national legislature and rejecting the China-friendly party that has led the self-governing island for eight years. The result should be deeply unsettling to […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Beijing, Chinese Cabinet, Democratic Progressive Party, East China Sea, Hsieh Lee-fung, John Kirby, Making Tsai, Nationalists Chu, Outgoing President Ma Ying-jeou, South China Sea, State Department, TAIPEI, Taiwan Affairs Office, Taiwan Strait, Tsai Ing-wen, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, Willie Yao

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