UPI News
Date: Jan. 10, 2020
By: Thomas Maresca

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 10 (UPI) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on voters to turn out to the polls in order to protect democracy at a mass rally Friday on the eve of national elections.

"Tomorrow we have to let everyone see that we are protecting this fortress of democracy in the world," she said before cheering crowds who waved flags and chanted slogans such as "2020 Let's Win!"

Tsai is facing off against challenger Han Kuo-yu of the pro-Beijing Kuomintang (KMT) Party, and has framed this election as a referendum on Taiwan's continuing sovereignty from an increasingly assertive China. She has been leading in polls by wide margins.    [FULL  STORY]