The presidential race has kicked off after the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) officially selected New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) as its candidate on May 17.
Taipei, Feb. 25 (CNA) A relative majority of Taiwan respondents value ties with the U.S. more than cross-Taiwan Strait relations, while more than two-thirds believe that China "poses a serious threat" to Taiwan, according to a survey released by a local organization on Saturday.
Taipei, Jan. 8 (CNA) The Kuomintang's (KMT) Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) has been elected to the Legislative Yuan after defeating Enoch Wu (吳怡農) of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taipei's legislative by-election Sunday.
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) A referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment to lower the voting age from 20 to 18 fell short of the threshold needed to pass Saturday, dealing a blow to groups pushing to bring Taiwan's voting age in line with that of most other democracies.