As a child, Ms Tsai Ing-wen was not deemed as one who would grow up to have a successful career.
On Saturday (Jan 16), the 59-year-old confounded those early expectations and made Taiwanese history by becoming the island's first woman president.
The Democratic Progressive Party candidate was elected into power by a landslide victory, winning about 60 per cent of the votes.
Mr Eric Chu of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) conceded defeat on Saturday night and announced that he would step down as the KMT chairman.
"I am sorry, I have let you down. We have failed. We did not work hard enough," Mr Chu said, surrounded by sombre-looking supporters.
Ms Tsai arrived at the DPP headquarters in Taipei at 4.15pm, to track the counting of votes after polls closed at 4pm.
She will be giving a press conference in the evening followed by an address to supporters...
straitstimes.com
16/1/16
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ReplyDeleteLa candidate de l'opposition à Taïwan, Tsai Ing-wen, a enregistré samedi une victoire électorale écrasante pour devenir la première femme présidente de
l'île, infligeant une défaite cinglante au parti au pouvoir, le Kuomintang (KMT), artisan du rapprochement avec Pékin.
D'après les chiffres communiqués par la télévision, la victoire de Mme Tsai, du Parti démocratique progressiste (PDP), prenait la forme d'un raz-de-marée, avec quelque 60% des voix contre 30% à Eric Chu, dont le KMT enregistre une déroute historique, qui se traduisait aussi par la perte -- historique -- de sa majorité au Parlement. Si ce score se confirmait, il s'agirait de la victoire la plus écrasante d'un parti à la présidentielle à Taïwan.
La victoire de Mme Tsai va inévitablement compliquer, voire dégrader, les relations entre Taïwan et la Chine, selon des experts.
En votant massivement pour la candidate du PDP, principal parti d'opposition, les Taïwanais ont clairement exprimé leur souhait de tourner le dos à des années de rapprochement avec Pékin. Le KMT a mené depuis depuis huit ans une politique inédite de réchauffement avec le régime communiste chinois sous l'égide de Ma Jing-jeou.....http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_presidentielles-en-taiwan-la-candidate-victorieuse-deja-censuree-par-la-chine?id=9187580
Taiwan's new leader disappears from Chinese social network...
DeleteFreshly elected Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen disappeared from China's most popular social network on Saturday, with censors working swiftly to block any mention of the Beijing-wary politician as she stormed to victory on the island.
Searches for "Tsai Ing-wen" and "Taiwan elections" on the Twitter-like Weibo network turned up a message that read: "According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, the results for this search cannot be shown," a signal for words blocked by China's army of Internet gatekeepers....AFP
After vote, China tells Taiwan to abandon independence 'hallucination'...
DeleteTaiwan should abandon its "hallucinations" about pushing for independence, as any moves toward it would be a "poison", Chinese state-run media said after a landslide victory for the island's independence-leaning opposition.
Tsai Ing-wen and her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a convincing victory in both presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, in what could usher in a new round of instability with China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own.
Tsai pledged to maintain peace with its giant neighbor China, while China's Taiwan Affairs Office warned it would oppose any move toward independence and that Beijing was determined to defend the country's sovereignty.....reuters.com