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Part 2 of a two-part series Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan, took office on May 20, 2016, promising to be a new kind of leader. She took office with great expectations for a “new deal” for the people of Taiwan. What can we say about President Tsai’s first 100 days? So far, despite some unexpected challenges and a few minor wobbles, she’s doing fine. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen For the first time since the ROC was established in 1912, a woman holds its highest executive office. What’s more, an unmarried woman. And concurrently, a…

Just months since she took power, President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen’s position looks unsteady. One cannot grasp Taiwan’s current politics without a firm understanding of Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party and how it came into existence as a counter to the Kuomintang. In this issue, Jeffry Babb outlines the political background and next time will look at Tsai’s performance so far. President Tsai Ing-wen recently apologised to the island’s Aborigines for oppression. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) may now be the ruling party in Taiwan, but that doesn’t mean it always gets its way. After years of preceding every mention of…