The 10 biggest stories around Taiwan this year.
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Date: 2016/12/30
By: Hsu Chia-yu
Taiwanese K-pop star forced to apologize after accused of being pro-independence
周子瑜
Photo Credit: Screenshot from MBC official Twitter account
Chou Tzu-yu (周子瑜), a 16-year-old Taiwanese K-pop singer, was forced to apologize on air on Jan. 15, after holding a Taiwanese flag on a South Korean TV show. The incident angered Chinese netizens, who took it as a pro-Taiwan independence gesture. Chou was forced to make a public apology, in which she said, “There is only one China and the two sides are one.” She also canceled all tours in China to “reflect on herself.”
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Taiwan elects first female president
蔡英文
Photo Credit: AP/達志影像
Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) won the presidential election on Jan. 16 and became Taiwan’s first female president. Tsai was also the first Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader to hold both the executive branch and majority in the Legislative Yuan, Taiwan’s parliament. In her victory speech, Tsai said that she will maintain a status quo to build a “relationship with no provocations and no accidents” with the Chinese government.
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Taiwan’s First Female President Wins By A Landslide
New Outlook on Cross-strait Agreements After Presidential Election [FULL STORY]
