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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen apologized for a second time in a week over sexual harassment allegations involving the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, after one of her policy advisers resigned following accusations being made against him. “As the President and former DPP chair, I’d like to apologize to the public again with the development of sexual harassment incidents by former party workers,” Tsai, Taiwan’s first female president, said in her Facebook post late Tuesday. “We’ve also seen such cases are everywhere, not only in the DPP or other political parties, but also in workplaces of society and neighborhoods.”

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen leaves a hotel in New York, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Yuki Iwamura/AP TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's president, Tsai Ing-wen, is in the United States as part of a multi-day itinerary that will take the leader of the Asian democratic island through Central and North America, a trip that China is closely watching. "External pressure will not hinder our determination to go to the world. We are calm and confident, will neither yield nor provoke," Tsai Her carefully choreographed trip comes at a tense moment for Taiwan. Last week, Honduras, once one of the few remaining countries which formally recognized Taiwan's government, On the way back to Taiwan next week, Tsai is set to stop in Los Angeles and meet House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Beijing, which considers Taiwan part of its territory and opposes interactions between Taiwan and other state officials, has already signaled its unhappiness. If Tsai meets McCarthy, China would consider that "another provocation that seriously violates the one-China principle, harms China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," a spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhu Fenglian, China, Zhu added, "firmly opposes this and will definitely take measures to resolutely fight back." China has not specified how it intends to retaliate, but last summer, after former speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, Beijing staged unprecedented military drills around the island and "It...

Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te, former mayor of Taipei Ko Wen-je and former mayor of New Taipei Hou You-yi Composite: AP/ Chiang Ying-ying/ Ashley Pon / Getty Images / Sam Yeh Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te, former mayor of Taipei Ko Wen-je and former mayor of New Taipei Hou You-yi Composite: AP/ Chiang Ying-ying/ Ashley Pon / Getty Images / Sam Yeh Three popular former mayors are vying against each other to replace Tsai ing-wen as president and lead The presidential election, to be held in January 2024, will be decided by 23.5 million people voting on a range of issues, but how each party intends to deal with the threat of China has global ramifications. Read more The incumbent Democratic Progressive party (DPP) and Taiwan’s opposition nationalist party, the Kuomintang (KMT), both oppose unification. But the KMT says the best way forward is to have friendlier ties with China, and accuses the DPP – which Beijing has refused to talk to since it came to power in 2016 – of worsening tensions. The DPP says Beijing is intent on changing the status quo, demanding Taiwan choose between surrender or forceful annexation. It has spent years strengthening Taiwan’s international ties as Beijing increases its military aggression. With a growing list of external and internal voices predicting China will attempt – or at least achieve the capability – to invade in the coming years, the question of who will lead Taiwan from 2024 is crucial not just to the island’s inhabitants, ...

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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen apologized for a second time in a week over sexual harassment allegations involving the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, after one of her policy advisers resigned following accusations being made against him. “As the President and former DPP chair, I’d like to apologize to the public again with the development of sexual harassment incidents by former party workers,” Tsai, Taiwan’s first female president, said in her Facebook post late Tuesday. “We’ve also seen such cases are everywhere, not only in the DPP or other political parties, but also in workplaces of society and neighborhoods.”

Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te, former mayor of Taipei Ko Wen-je and former mayor of New Taipei Hou You-yi Composite: AP/ Chiang Ying-ying/ Ashley Pon / Getty Images / Sam Yeh Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te, former mayor of Taipei Ko Wen-je and former mayor of New Taipei Hou You-yi Composite: AP/ Chiang Ying-ying/ Ashley Pon / Getty Images / Sam Yeh Three popular former mayors are vying against each other to replace Tsai ing-wen as president and lead The presidential election, to be held in January 2024, will be decided by 23.5 million people voting on a range of issues, but how each party intends to deal with the threat of China has global ramifications. Read more The incumbent Democratic Progressive party (DPP) and Taiwan’s opposition nationalist party, the Kuomintang (KMT), both oppose unification. But the KMT says the best way forward is to have friendlier ties with China, and accuses the DPP – which Beijing has refused to talk to since it came to power in 2016 – of worsening tensions. The DPP says Beijing is intent on changing the status quo, demanding Taiwan choose between surrender or forceful annexation. It has spent years strengthening Taiwan’s international ties as Beijing increases its military aggression. With a growing list of external and internal voices predicting China will attempt – or at least achieve the capability – to invade in the coming years, the question of who will lead Taiwan from 2024 is crucial not just to the island’s inhabitants, ...

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Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen leaves a hotel in New York, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Yuki Iwamura/AP TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's president, Tsai Ing-wen, is in the United States as part of a multi-day itinerary that will take the leader of the Asian democratic island through Central and North America, a trip that China is closely watching. "External pressure will not hinder our determination to go to the world. We are calm and confident, will neither yield nor provoke," Tsai Her carefully choreographed trip comes at a tense moment for Taiwan. Last week, Honduras, once one of the few remaining countries which formally recognized Taiwan's government, On the way back to Taiwan next week, Tsai is set to stop in Los Angeles and meet House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Beijing, which considers Taiwan part of its territory and opposes interactions between Taiwan and other state officials, has already signaled its unhappiness. If Tsai meets McCarthy, China would consider that "another provocation that seriously violates the one-China principle, harms China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," a spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhu Fenglian, China, Zhu added, "firmly opposes this and will definitely take measures to resolutely fight back." China has not specified how it intends to retaliate, but last summer, after former speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, Beijing staged unprecedented military drills around the island and "It...