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On 13 January 2024, Taiwan elected Lai Ching-te as its new president, marking the first time a single political party won three consecutive times. Despite this victory, the Democratic Progressive Party did not secure a legislative majority, spelling a divided government. Meanwhile, China saw Lai as its foe and adopted a more hostile Taiwan policy. President Lai also faces a slow-growing economy, uncertain US relations and substantial challenges despite his party's resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In late 2022, Taiwan held its every four years mid-term election that was comprised of almost all of its local electoral contests; the ruling Democratic Progressive Party lost. President Tsai Ing-wen was blamed for the defeat for having focused excessively on tension with China while ignoring local problems. She was also seen to depend too much on the Biden administration's China's policy. After the election, observers predicted the election would give the opposition Nationalist Party (or Kuomintang, KMT) momentum to win the national presidential, vice-presidential and legislative election in January 2024. Subsequent events and polls, however, indicated a close contest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Until the late 1980s, Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), was generally viewed as having had a one-party political system dominated by the Nationalist party or Kuomintang [...]

On 19 December 1992 voters in Taiwan went to the polls to choose delegates to the Republic of China's national lawmaking body, the Legislative Yuan.(1) This was the sixth competitive [...]

US China and US Taiwan policies in the first half-year plus of the Biden administration saw relations with China deteriorate and improve with Taiwan. This furthered trends of the Trump presidency and appeared to push the United States closer to a war with China. The author also looks at the power relationship between the two countries and President Biden's desperate efforts to gather allies against China, making it a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Few observers notice that Beijing and Taipei espouse virtually identical policies vis-à-vis the South China Sea. When they do they see it as ironic, the two being mutually hostile. There are good reasons for this: Taipei's claims bolster Beijing's. They arguably support one-China. Taiwan's military leaders see their position alone as unenforceable. Taiwan's government and residents resent the UN's demeaning attitude and exclusion of Taiwan from involvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article assesses the status of theories of Taiwan's election winners and losers, looking at the 2020 campaign and the election results. Both seemed to prove the pendulum (alternating party) theory. But the evidence was weak, mainly coincidental, while other constructs and ideas played a major role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article assesses the Donald J Trump administration's pursuit of closer relations with Taiwan beginning in March 2018, which some observers labelled as "playing the Taiwan card". The US trade dispute with China was the backdrop. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and her party exaggerated the significance of this as they head towards an election in January 2020. It was uncertain, however, how lasting US policies might be and if the trend would continue if and when the trade war ended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]