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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 14:25 UTC

Tag: Democratic People’s Party

  • Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

    Hong Kong troubles ensure election victory for Taiwan's incumbent candidate

    Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s president and the candidate for the Democratic Progressive Party, speaks near a display with the words ‘Defend Sovereignty’ at a rally

    By Gwynne Dyer – “Over the past few years, China’s diplomatic offensives, military coercion, interference and infiltration have continued unabated,” said Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on New Year’s Day, as the Jan. 11 elections neared. “China’s objective is clear: to force Taiwan to compromise our sovereignty.” But every leader of her Democratic People’s Party (DPP) has always said that.