Taiwan News
Date: 2016-01-08
By: Chia Lee, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
The Straits Times published an article on Friday, analyzing Taiwan’s upcoming
Reasons Taiwan’s election is closely watched: Singaporean media.
presidential and legislative elections and the reasons why they will be closely watched in Beijing and the rest of the world.
The Straits Times, the highest-selling daily broadsheet newspaper in Singapore, published an article on Friday, analyzing Taiwan’s upcoming presidential and legislative elections and the reasons why they will be closely watched in Beijing and the rest of the world.
The article first pointed out that Tsai Ing-wen, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate, is leading the opposition party to unseat the Kuomintang (KMT) and to become the second president from the DPP, which will inevitably impact cross-strait relations.
Mentioning Tsai’s cross-strait policy, the article said that Tsai is said to be committed to “push for the peaceful and stable development of cross-strait relations,” referring to her policy of the maintenance of the status quo in cross-strait relations. [FULL STORY]
