Who are the key players in Taiwan’s ‘great recall’ vote? - Votes favouring recall could shift balance of power in the parliament in favour of Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te

Former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday said that she would vote “as a citizen” on Saturday to express her gratitude to civil groups for their efforts in the mass recall campaign.

Tsai Ing-wen never set out to be a leader. Growing up shy, she aspired to become an archeologist, because “people that are dead already wouldn’t jump up and argue with you.”

Former President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said in 2022 that “only by preparing for war can we avoid it, and only by being capable of fighting a war can we stop one.” This statement set the tone for a military force realignment plan to address a long-standing issue in the country’s defense posture: its conscription system and the broader question of the attractiveness and functionality of military service.

Tsai Ing-wen, the president of Taiwan, said internal economic and political challenges in China, as well as international pressure, has made a major invasion by China unlikely. By The New York ...

Taipei (CNN) — Tsai Ing-wen never set out to be a leader. Growing up shy, she aspired to become an archeologist, because “people that are dead already wouldn’t jump up and argue with you.”

Taipei (CNN) — Tsai Ing-wen never set out to be a leader. Growing up shy, she aspired to become an archeologist, because “people that are dead already wouldn’t jump up and argue with you ...

News about Tsai Ing-wen. Commentary and archival information about Tsai Ing-wen from The New York Times.

Tsai Ing-wen never set out to be a leader. Growing up shy, she aspired to become an archeologist, because “people that are dead already wouldn’t jump up and argue with you.”