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Taiwan's January 2016 Elections: A Preview (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Jan. 12, 2016
Report Number IN10431
Report Type Insight
Authors Lawrence, Susan V.;Morrison, Wayne M.
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Taiwan voters will go to the polls on January 16, 2016, to elect a new president and all members of Taiwan's legislature,the Legislative Yuan. Tsai Ing-wen, the presidential candidate of Taiwan's largest opposition party, the DemocraticProgressive Party (DPP), holds a strong lead in public opinion polls. Her party is in a tight race with the rulingKuomintang (KMT or Nationalist Party) for control of the legislature. The elections may determine whether an eight-yearperiod of relative calm in relations between Taiwan (whose formal name is the Republic of China or ROC) and thePeople's Republic of China (PRC) continues, or comes to an end. The United States has interests in supporting Taiwan'sdemocracy, in strong commercial ties with Taiwan, and in peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.