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Taiwan Holds Election for a New Leader Amid Threats From China
Millions of Taiwan’s citizens lined up at ballot booths on Saturday to make a decision that could reshape the island democracy’s increasingly tense standoff with its far larger neighbor, China: Who should be Taiwan’s next president in dangerous times?
In Taiwan’s election Saturday, who are the 3 candidates trying to become president?
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is holding its presidential election on Saturday, a race that China has called a choice between war and peace. China considers the self-ruled island about 160 kilometers (100 miles) off its east coast a breakaway province and has threatened to take control over it, by force if necessary.
What Taiwan’s Election Could Mean for the Island and the World
Taiwan will choose a new president on Saturday, bringing new leadership to volatile relations with an increasingly belligerent Beijing. The outcome could raise or lower the risks of a crisis, giving China a potential transition point to revive engagement, or to increase the military threats that could ultimately draw the United States into a war.
Taiwan election: It's not war young voters worry about - it's jobs
Ziwei can still remember the months she spent huddling alone in a tiny shoebox apartment in Taipei.
Taiwan election: China warns voters then condemns US 'brazen chattering'
China has warned voters in Taiwan to make the "right choice", two days before presidential elections on the self-ruled island which Beijing claims.
Taiwan’s election is shaped by economic realities, not just Beijing’s threats to use force
BANGKOK (AP) — Beijing’s threats to use force to claim self-governed Taiwan aren’t just about missiles and warships. Hard economic realities will be at play as voters head to the polls Saturday, though the relationship is complicated.
A non-traditional candidate resonates with Taiwan’s youth ahead of Saturday’s presidential election
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With Taiwan’s high-stakes presidential election just days away, a nonconformist candidate has been resonating with the island’s youth, seemingly more concerned with the dearth of good jobs and affordable housing than the looming threat from China.