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Failed bid to oust Taiwan opposition gives China new leverage
The Lai administration might need to offer policy compromises to gain opposition support. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Political Gridlock In Taiwan: Implications Of The Recall Vote On Cross-strait Relations
An important reason why the recall vote was defeated is a testament to the Taiwanese people’s desire to maintain a thriving ...
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Recall bust is a wake-up call for DPP
Saturday’s mass recall election was a strategic blunder that exposed the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) growing disconnect from public sentiment. What was framed as a defense of ...
Voters in Taiwan reject bid to oust China-friendly lawmakers recall vote
Taiwanese voters rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist Party, in a ...
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EDITORIAL: DPP must learn from recall failure
All 24 Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers and suspended Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao (高虹安), formerly of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), survived recall elections against them on Saturday, in a ...
Political compromise in Taiwan needed after recall vote deals major blow to President Lai
Voters overwhelmingly rejected a move to oust 24 lawmakers of the main opposition party, Beijing-friendly Kuomintang. Read ...
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Taiwan rejects bid to oust 24 KMT lawmakers
Taiwanese voters rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist Party, in a ...
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Taiwan residents reject DPP's political manipulation and separatist agenda
More than a procedural defeat, the result exposed the deep public skepticism toward Lai's combative leadership, his ...
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Experts: DPP's manipulation runs against Taiwan people's will
The Labor Party in Taiwan said on Sunday that the DPP's policy of "resisting China to protect Taiwan" has driven cross-Strait ...
Taiwan opposition parliamentarians survive major recall election
All recall votes against the 24 opposition party members from the Kuomintang (KMT) were rejected, according to Taiwan's ...
DPP's manipulation called ‘a political purge,’ but voters reject turning Taiwan into a testing ground for extreme ideologies
Taiwan's local legislature shows that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)'s political manipulation runs against the will ...
Voters in Taiwan reject bid to oust China-friendly lawmakers in setback for president
Taiwanese voters have rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers from the opposition Nationalist Party in a recall election, a setback for President Lai Ching-te.