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Voters in Taiwan reject bid to oust China-friendly lawmakers in closely watched poll

Taiwanese voters rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist Party, in a ...

Voters in Taiwan reject bid to oust China-friendly lawmakers in setback for president

Taiwanese voters have rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers from the opposition Nationalist Party in a ...
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Failure of Taiwanese recall elections leaves defence build-up in gridlock

The failure of Taiwan’s ruling party to unseat opposition members of the legislature in recall elections last weekend may ...

Taiwan votes in major recall election closely watched by China

By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -Voters in Taiwan were casting ballots on Saturday on whether to recall one-fifth of the island ...

Taiwan Holds High-Stakes Recall Elections As China Watches On

The votes could reshape the island democracy's parliament and the government's approach to its powerful neighbor.
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China Insider | China after Communism, Taiwan’s Recall Election, and China’s Growing Protest Movements

In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu reviews the latest report from Hudson Institute’s China Center, China after ...
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Taiwan’s Recall Elections Failed – But That Doesn’t Signal an Embrace of Beijing

The failure of the recalls does not reflect a re-evaluation of cross-strait policy preferences. But it does send a clear ...

Taiwan move to recall opposition lawmakers fails

The result is a blow to President Lai Ching-te's Democratic Progressive Party, which missed an opportunity to reshape the ...
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Taiwan’s Democracy Is in Trouble

LEV NACHMAN is an Assistant Professor at National Taiwan University and the author of Contested Taiwan: Sovereignty, Social Movements and Party Formation.

Voting opens in Taiwan’s unprecedented recall election closely watched by China

Taiwanese are voting to determine whether to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist ...

Taiwan’s Great Recall: Historic bid to remove 'pro-China' lawmakers fails

A historic vote in Taiwan on Saturday targeting 24 opposition Kuomintang (KMT) legislators accused of being too friendly with ...

Taiwan is paralyzed by political gridlock. A mass recall of ‘pro-China’ lawmakers could break that

A democratic check or an abuse of power? Mass recall vote in Taiwan polarizes island after months of paralysis.