China-Taiwan: Next Steps in Cross-Strait Relations

For the first time in Taiwan’s history, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) controls both the Presidency and the Parliament, and that development has all eyes focused on China, because the DPP leans in favor of independence from the mainland.

Tsai Ing-wen won the election with 56 percent of the vote, making her the first female President of Taiwan. Even more remarkable, the DPP took 68 of the 113 seats in parliament compared to the Kuomintang’s (KMT) Party’s 35.

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