INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses on Saturday
suffered by her party.Voters in Taiwan overwhelmingly chose the opposition Nationalist party in several major races across the self-ruled
island in an election in which lingering concerns about threats from China took a backseat to more local issues.Tsai had spoken out many
few times before he quickly switched back to local issues as there was little interest, experts said.Tsai offered her resignation on
National Taiwan University.During campaigning, there were few mentions of the large-scale military exercises targeting Taiwan that China
held in August in reaction to U.S
capital, as well as in Taoyuan, Taichung and New Taipei city.Taiwanese were picking their mayors, city council members and other local
leaders in all 13 counties and in nine cities
There was also a referendum to lower the voting age from 20 to 18, which was defeated, according to local media.Chiang Wan-an, the new
Taipei mayor, declared victory Saturday night in a large rally
strategies, which had left the island in short supply during an outbreak last year.The defeat for the ruling DPP may be partly due to how it
Taipei City, the city that surrounds Taipei, voters young and old came early despite the rain.Yu Mei-zhu, 60, said she came to cast her
ballot for the incumbent Mayor Hou You-yi
Opinion Foundation that regularly conducts public surveys on political issues.The election results will in some ways also reflect the
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