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Taiwanese queue up to cast their ballots in a voting station in Taipei, Taiwan, on Saturday Nov 24, 2018. Taiwan holding local elections on Saturday at the mid-point of President Tsai Ing-wen's leadership and the focus will be on the island's sluggish economy and often fraught relations with China. While Tsai is not on the ballot, the polls are seen as a chance for the electorate to rate her performance as they vote for mayors, councils and other positions.

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Democracy the real winner in Taiwan’s polls

by Xuan Loc Doan November 27, 2018

The pro-Beijing Kuomintang (KMT) and, consequently, China were seen as the biggest winners of Taiwan’s local elections last weekend. But the main victor in the November 24 vote was the island’s democracy. In the midterms, also known as the “nine-in-one” elections as they cover nine levels of officials, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of […]