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2 days ago · Ma Ying-jeou, a former mayor of Taipei and once the minister of justice, was elected president. Ma, who had a law degree from Harvard University and a reputation for being the cleanest of Taiwan’s political elite, was respected and popular.
3 days ago · From the KMT, then Chairman Ma Ying-jeou announced, "the Republic of China has been a sovereign state ever since it was formed [in 1912]." The pro-unification PFP Party Chairman, James Soong, called it "Taiwan's biggest failure in diplomacy." [55] Support for independence
20 hours ago · Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian, Ma Ying-jeou, or Tsai Ing-wen?" revealed Lee topped the survey with 43 percent, with incumbent president Tsai on 32 percent, Ma on 18 percent and 6.6 percent for Chen. [ 133 ]
4 days ago · Taiwan in 2009 ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the prompting of then-president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), DPP Legislator Tsai Yi-yu (蔡易餘) said. The KMT had praised the court for upholding the punishment before slamming the judges for its de facto abolition in a circle of self-contradiction, Tsai said.
1 day ago · On 5 April 2005, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou said he wished to lead the opposition Kuomintang with Wang Jin-pyng. On 16 July 2005, Ma was elected as KMT chairman in the first contested leadership in Kuomintang's 93-year history .
1 day ago · Taiwan considers a Plan B. Junhua Zhang. Reading time: 14 min. As Taipei navigates rising regional tensions, President Lai Ching-te faces pressure to adapt his governance strategies. Members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) protest inside the Legislative Yuan, or parliament, in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 28, 2024.
4 days ago · TAIPEI -- Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) declared its candidate, Ma Ying-jeou, won the island's leadership election on Saturday, according to an initial ballot count.
20 hours ago · TAIPEI -- Taiwan belongs to a Chinese nation and should seek a peaceful political union with "the mainland," an influential opposition lawmaker said in an interview. "We are Chinese," said Weng ...
20 hours ago · The Ma Ying-jeou presidency; The Tsai Ing-wen presidency; The Lai Ching-te presidency
3 days ago · However, Taiwan was not made a standard province of China at that time, as most people on the island had expected. Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Ch’en Yi (Ch’en I) governor-general of the island, with powers similar to those that had been exercised by the Japanese military governors.
