Wary China watches as Taiwan inaugurates first woman president

May 20, 2016 - 8:30 am EDT @theindpanorama Asia 0

Tsai Ing-Wen of the Democratic Progressive Party was elected President with 56% of the vote defeating Kuomintang's Eric Chu

TAIPEI (TIP): Tsai Ing-wen was sworn in as Taiwan’s first woman president on Friday, with the export-driven economy on the ropes and wary Communist Party rulers in China watching for any move towards independence by an island it considers its own. Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won parliamentary and presidential elections by a landslide in January on voter backlash against creeping dependence on China. The DPP, which has traditionally favoured independence from China, takes over after eight years under China-friendly Nationalist Ma Ying-jeou. (Reuters)