However, Beijing has blocked the WHO from inviting Taiwan to the WHA since the current pro-independence president, Tsai Ing-wen, was elected in Taiwan in 2016.

During her campaign, President Tsai Ing-wen said she would work on wages and welfare for youth.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen responded strongly on Jan. 2, saying Taiwan would not accept the Chinese Communist Party's position that the regime has a legitimate right to rule over Taiwan.

“If the protests continue, anxiety in Taiwan will persist, and that could play to the advantage of [Taiwan President] Tsai Ing-wen and the DPP,” Glaser said.

The island’s president Tsai Ing-wen strongly rebutted Beijing’s claims of sovereignty, and later called for support from the international community.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen took to her Facebook page following a security council meeting about the Hong Kong situation on Sept. 3.

What’s more, China’s promise of aid is often an empty check,” Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said after the Solomon Islands' move.

Amidst Beijing’s increasingly aggressive actions, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen called on like-minded countries around the world to start pushing back against China and other “anti-democratic forces” across economic, political, and military fronts.

China’s communist regime has intensified diplomatic, economic, and military pressure on Taiwan since the Democratic Progressive Party came to power in 2016 with the election of Tsai Ing-wen, who served two four-year terms.

The island’s customs authorities arrested Wu Tsung-hsien, National Security Bureau Major Guardian, on July 22 as he and the security team were escorting President Tsai Ing-wen out of the Taoyuan airport upon her return from a 12-day trip to visit Carribean

On Thursday, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, speaking at a virtual forum held by the think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute, expressed concerns about “accidental” conflicts in the region.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, while answering reporters’ questions following a visit to a local tech company in the city of Taichung on Aug. 17, said the arms purchase is an “energy boost in national capability ... for the purpose of maintaining peace

TAIPEI—Chinese state media heaped pressure on Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Nov. 26 after her ruling pro-independence party suffered heavy defeats in local elections over the weekend, as party officials sought to work out what went wrong.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen had been photographed on Aug. 12 visiting one of its Los Angeles stores during her visit to the United States.

Recent Incidents Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen used her Facebook page on Sept. 26 to condemn violence committed by mainland Chinese students on Taiwan soil. “Taiwan is a democratic country. It is not a territory overrun by totalitarianism.

Since Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen, who is a DPP member, was elected into office in 2016, tensions with Beijing have heightened. This is because DPP traditionally advocates for the self-ruled island of Taiwan to formally declare independence.

Reactions Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen waves to the supporters at her presidential inauguration ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan on May 20, 2016.

In response to Xi’s comments, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen had called on international support against such Chinese aggression.

Voters will decide between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and challenger Han Kuo-yu, of the Beijing-friendly Kuomingtang Party.

Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder Morris Chang attend a banquet for the U.S. delegation in Taipei, Taiwan on Sept. 18, 2020.

BEIJING—Recent anti-government protests in Hong Kong are echoing in Taiwan, possibly giving the island's President Tsai Ing-wen a lift in her campaign to resist Beijing's pressure for political unification and win a second term in next year's elections

The Chinese regime regards Taiwan as a wayward province and has grown increasingly suspicious that the government of President Tsai Ing-wen wants to push for formal independence.

With Taiwan expected to hold a presidential election in about a year, president Tsai Ing-wen has warned against Chinese efforts to meddle in domestic politics, including with the deployment of “fake news.”

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at the Los Angeles Overseas Chinese Banquet during a visit in Los Angeles on Aug. 12, 2018.

Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen, in contrast to China's Xi, has been promoting "Taiwan consensus" ever since 2011, before she was elected.

(Laurel Chor/Getty Images) Meanwhile Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen responded to Xi’s speech by saying Taiwan will never accept “one country, two systems,” nor the “1992 Consensus,” which was negotiated between the current opposition party in Taiwan,

The cyberattacks not only aim to damage the elections, but also are meant to undermine Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen, who has defied efforts to bring Taiwan under Beijing’s control, according to Bloomberg.

Health issues don't stop at border & Taiwan's role is impt to global health — 蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen (@iingwen) April 29, 2017 This video, tweeted by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen, depicts a young girl who was given a second chance to life after receiving

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Aug. 20 that the island would not bow to pressure after making a high-profile trip to Latin America last week that included stops in the United States.