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Survey: 2012 Presidential Election
(United Daily News, Mar. 19, 2010) If voted
today, DPP’s Su Tseng-chang
will claim 38% of the ballots against Ma Ying-jeou’s
29%.
Party Identification
Tracking Analysis in Taiwan: February 2010
(GVSRC, Mar. 2010) 30.9% of people say they are
KMT supporters while 20.0% DPP; meanwhile, 37.6% identify themselves as
independent.
The President, the Cabinet,
and the Lawmakers’ Approval Ratings
(GVSRC, Feb. 23, 2009) 34.5% of Taiwanese people
approve President Ma’s performance over the past nine months. The approval
rate is 33% for Premier Liu.
Tsai to Run for Xinbei Mayor
(China Post, May 24, 2010) Tsai Ing-wen announced her decision to run for the Xinbei
City mayoral election,
shortly after winning reelection as the Democratic Progressive Party
chairwoman by a landslide against challenger You Ching.
Tsai Ing-wen Pledges to
Pursue Pragmatic China Policy
(CNA, May 15, 2010) DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen advocated what she called a "pragmatic China policy" based on the principles of
independent sovereignty for Taiwan
and peaceful engagement with China.
No Political Precondition If
DPP Meets China: Tsai
(China Post, May 15, 2010) Democratic Progressive
Party chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen recently reiterated
the party's position that it will not rule out holding talks with China, as
long as no political preconditions are set.
DPP Denies Opening Talks
with China
(Taipei Times, May
12, 2010) While Reuters quoted the DPP chief as saying the party had
organized a group to open talks with China, the DPP said Tsai Ing-wen had not addressed that issue.
Talks Must Be Based on ‘One
China’: Xu
(China Post, May 4, 2010) Any dialogue between China and the Democratic Progressive Party
(DPP) must be based on the “One China” principle, a professor with Beijing Union University
said.
DPP Leadership Signals
Willingness to Talk to Beijing
(Taipei Times, May 3, 2010) Speaking on the
party’s future China
policy, DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen said that,
stripped of political preconditions, the DPP “does not discount the idea of
entering into direct and realistic dialogue with China.”
DPP Sees Trust Crisis
between Ages
(China Post, Apr. 12, 2010) Taiwan's society is faced with a
crisis of trust among generations instead of political divisions, according
to opposition DPP leader when laying the groundwork for pursuing the party's
policy guidelines for the coming decade.
DPP to Unveil ’10-year’
Political Platform in Aug.
(CNA, Mar. 14, 2010) The opposition DPP expects
to unveil a “10-year” political platform that will address the challenges Taiwan faces
in the coming decade when it holds its plenary assembly in August.
More Setbacks for KMT in
By-election Defeats
(China Post, Feb. 28, 2010) The ruling Kuomintang
suffered yet another defeat as it only managed to take one of four seats up
for grabs in with remaining three going to the main opposition Democratic
Progressive Party.
KMT Set Back Again
(China
Post, Jan. 10, 2010) The ruling Kuomintang suffered another setback as it
lost all three seats up for grabs in the legislative by-elections to the main
opposition Democratic Progressive Party.
Next Year’s Elections a
Watershed: Tsai
(CNA, Dec. 9, 2009) While the local elections
last Saturday may have boosted the morale of the opposition DPP, the real
watershed for both the DPP and the ruling KMT will be the 2010 municipality
elections, said DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen.
A ‘Tsai Ing-wen Lin’ Takes
Shape in DPP, Scholars Say
(China Post, Dec. 7, 2009) The Democratic
Progressive Party's gains in the just-ended local elections have bolstered
the leadership of Tsai Ing-wen in what can be
called a post-Chen Shui-bian era, party
heavyweights and political observers have said.
KMT Suffers Setback
(China
Post, Dec. 6, 2009) The ruling Kuomintang suffered a setback in local
elections, losing control of one of the most tightly contested counties to
the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, which saw a general increase in
support.
Taiwan’s Ma Mulls China
Policy After Vote: Analysts
(AFP, Dec. 6, 2009) Taiwan
President Ma Ying-jeou may slow down an aggressive
push for improved ties with China
after the island's voters showed disquiet with his policies in local
elections this weekend, analysts said.
Taiwan’s China-Friendly
Party on Test in Local Poll
(Reuters, Dec. 4, 2009) Taiwan voters went to the polls
Saturday to elect local officials in the first test of China-friendly
President Ma Ying-jeou's popularity since he took
power a year-and-a-half ago.
Thinking about a Future DPP Government By
David G. Brown
(PacNet #13, Pacific
Forum, CSIS, Mar. 23, 2010) If the party remains wedded to pursuing policies
to achieve de jure independence, it should understand that Taiwan and US interests would
increasingly diverge.
Weekend Losses May Have
Ripple Effect for KMT By Mo Yan-chih
(Taipei Times, Mar. 1, 2010) The KMT’s defeat in Saturday’s legislative by-elections could
have a domino effect and the party could suffer yet another setback in the
special municipality elections at the end of the year if it fails to
integrate local factions and present better policies, political observers
said.
DPP Needs to Build on Trust
of People: Tsai
(Taipei Times, Dec.
19, 2009) DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen discussed
the results of the local government elections on Dec. 5 with the ‘Liberty Times.’
The DPP Still Has a Long
Road to Recovery By Hong Chi-chang
(Taipei Times, Dec. 14, 2009) If we add the 7
percent that went to candidates who broke KMT party discipline by standing in
the elections, the ratio of votes going to the pan-blue and pan-green camps
was still about 55 to 45.
Taiwan Elections a Warning
to Ma By Cindy Sui
(Asia Times, Dec. 8, 2009) The weekend's
local-level elections were worthy of watching in terms of the consequences not
only for local politics, but more importantly, on the capability of the
ruling Kuomintang party to hold onto its grip on power and on the island's
relations with China.
DPP Performance Must Not Be
Overestimated: Experts By Jenny W. Hsu (Taipei
Times, Dec. 6, 2009) Lin Chi-wen, a professor of
political science at National Chengchi University,
was reluctant to use yesterday’s outcome as a gauge for the 2012 presidential
election because the local elections involved less than half of the country’s
population.
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