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Polls open in Taiwan's high-stakes recall election
AFP, Published on 26/07/2025
» TAIPEI — Taiwanese voters turned out at schools, churches and community centres on Saturday to cast their ballot in a high-stakes recall election that could give President Lai Ching-te's party control of the parliament.
Taiwan's opposition protests ahead of recall vote
AFP, Published on 25/07/2025
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's main opposition will protest on Friday, the eve of unprecedented recall elections targeting its lawmakers that could tip the balance of power to President Lai Ching-te's ruling party.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» TAIPEI — Taiwanese lawmakers tackled and doused each other with water on Friday as President Lai Ching-te's party tried to block the passage of bills they say could harm the self-ruled island's "democratic system".
Punches, water balloons thrown in Taiwan parliament melee
AFP, Published on 17/07/2020
» TAIPEI: Taiwanese lawmakers threw punches and water balloons inside the legislature on Friday, the third parliamentary brawl in a fortnight, over the nomination of the head of a top government watchdog.
Taiwan's Tsai wins landslide in stinging result for China
AFP, Published on 11/01/2020
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen declared a landslide victory in Saturday's election as voters delivered a stunning rebuke of Beijing's campaign to isolate the self-ruled island and handed its first female leader a second term.
Taiwan votes in crucial election as China's shadow looms
AFP, Published on 11/01/2020
» TAIPEI - Millions of Taiwanese head to the polls on Saturday for a presidential and parliamentary election in which the island's fraught relationship with China is taking centre stage.
Taiwan's top military chief killed in chopper crash
AFP, Published on 02/01/2020
» TAIPEI: Taiwan's top military chief was killed in a helicopter crash on Thursday, the defence ministry said, just days before the island goes to polls to elect a new president.
Taiwan shrugs as communist China hails 70th anniversary
AFP, Published on 30/09/2019
» TAIPEI: Communist China's creation seven decades ago irrevocably changed Taiwan, but Beijing's huge celebrations this week will be met with a collective shrug on an island where people increasingly see themselves as distinct from the mainland.
Gou cedes Foxconn control as he eyes Taiwan presidency
AFP, Published on 21/06/2019
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's richest man Terry Gou said on Friday he would cede control of tech giant Foxconn to a committee, leaving the Apple-supplier in uncharted waters while he runs for president.
Taiwan's progressive image takes hit after divisive polls
AFP, Published on 25/11/2018
» TAIPEI: LGBT activists in Taiwan fear their newly won right to marriage equality is under threat, while the president is battling for her political future after a wide-ranging vote that saw the island swing towards conservatism.