Lai Ching-te is running unopposed for DPP party chair, a position that traditionally doubles as party presidential nominee, but challenges lie ahead | 2022-12-17 14:23:00
Ignored by the English media, the DPP factions play a big role in Taiwan politics. This column is a guide to what they are, and the major players..Ignored by the English media, the DPP factions play a big role in Taiwan politics. This column is a guide to what they are, and the major players. | 2022-07-25 15:28:00
The DPP's factions are roaring to life and threaten party unity as Tsai Ing-wen enters her lame-duck period, but you'd never know it from the English language press.The DPP's factions are roaring to life and threaten party unity as Tsai Ing-wen enters her lame-duck period, but you'd never know it from the English language press | 2022-07-24 19:07:00
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials yesterday called for unity after public polls confirmed DPP Legislator Chou Chun-mi (周春米) as the party’s nominee for Pingtung County commissioner in November’s election.
Chou received the most support among county residents at 58.98 percent in a one-on-one contest against potential Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate and former legislator Su Ching-chuan (蘇清泉), who polled at 12.66 percent, figures from three polls showed.
Incumbent Pingtung legislators Chuang Jui-hsiung (莊瑞雄) and Chung Chia-pin (鍾佳濱) trailed closely behind Chou with 51.64 and 44.87 percent support respectively.
The polls were conducted over two days by two public survey companies along with the
With the media so Taipei-centric, the winner of the Taipei mayoral race will be a major political figure. But who will represent the DPP?.Media speculation and pollsters have all been focused on two potential DPP candidates for Taipei Mayor: Minister of Health and Welfare and concurrently head of the Central Epidemic Command Center Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), and former Transport Minister and Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍). | 2022-02-21 13:14:00