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Mother and her daughters at a DPP rally in Keelung, Taiwan (via Alex Chan Tsz Yuk/ Shutterstock)

Taiwan has re-elected its government but the victory hides a transformed political landscape

While Taiwan has voted to keep the status quo, the election results present a paradox: a familiar victory yet a fundamental political shift.

The DPP's Lai Ching-te, a candidate of Taiwanese presidential election, appeals for his support during the last weekend before the voting day in Taichung City, Taiwan (via Yomiuri Shimbun/ Alamy)

China watches with a close eye as Taiwan heads to the polls

Tim Marshall | World

A victory for Lai Ching-te in Saturday’s Taiwanese elections will probably see Beijing sending threatening military signals across the Taiwan Strait.

Taiwan remains too divided to separate from China

Eva Moody | World

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen won a resounding victory in Saturday’s election, giving her four more years in office and delivering her party, the Democratic Progressive

Taiwan faces a stark choice – embrace Chinese capital or remain a democracy

Eva Moody | World

“Is Taiwan possessed by evil spirits?” demanded the Kuomintang (KMT) party presidential candidate Han Guo-yu after a military helicopter crashed last week, killing eight military

taiwan elections

Taiwan has re-elected its government but the victory hides a transformed political landscape

China watches with a close eye as Taiwan heads to the polls

Taiwan remains too divided to separate from China

Taiwan faces a stark choice – embrace Chinese capital or remain a democracy

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