Taiwan

Taiwan’s DPP Electoral Losses a Win for Beijing

In what observers see as a win for China, Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-wen resigned this weekend as leader of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after her party suffered major midterm election losses to the pro-China Kuomintang party (KMT). Tsai’s predecessor, Ma Ying-jeou of the KMT, presided during the Sunflower Movement, which saw mass protests against the administration’s pro-Beijing trade stance. Ma also had a historic 2015 meeting ...

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