However, some DPP politicians, including current president Tsai Ing-wen, hold a more moderate position and prefer the status quo in relations with Beijing.

TAIPEI —Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen vowed to boost national security, saying her government won't submit to pressure from the Beijing regime or its attempts to assert sovereignty over the self-ruled island.

President Tsai Ing-wen, speaking in Taipei on Aug. 21, said Taiwan wouldn't bow to pressure.

China's military has been particularly focused on democratic Taiwan recently and is nervous President Tsai Ing-wen wants to move the island towards a formal declaration of independence, a red line for China, which views Taiwan as its territory.

Palau, for example, has seen its important tourism industry hit hard after Beijing banned Chinese tour groups from visiting the country, following its hosting of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in November 2017.

Relations between China and Taiwan deteriorated since the island’s President Tsai Ing-wen, of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party, swept to power in 2016.

But former President Donald Trump also moved the dial in Taiwan’s direction, by accepting a congratulatory phone call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen after he won the 2016 election.

For example, after Palau hosted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in November 2017, Beijing banned Chinese tour groups from bringing mainland citizens to visit the island. Palau’s economy heavily relies on its tourism industry.

The island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, responded with a strongly worded rebuttal to Beijing’s desire for unification. The issue of Taiwan’s sovereignty is among China's most sensitive issues.

Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen told media on June 13 that she would not accept the murder case as an excuse for the extradition bill to go through.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen also condemned China’s pressuring of EAOC as “brazen and crude political meddling in sports.”

Taiwan’s fourth democratically-elected, President Tsai Ing-wen, just completed four days of “transit” in the United States, visiting New York City and Denver to huge acclaim.

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen said last week the island will increase its defense budget every year to ensure it can defend its sovereignty, including resuming domestic development of advanced training aircraft and submarines.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said last week the island will increase its defense budget every year to ensure it can defend its sovereignty, including resuming domestic development of advanced training aircraft and submarines.

“This marks the first time the terms ‘Taiwan’ and the ‘United States’ appear in equal footing on the name of an organization together,” Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen said in an announcement.

Taiwan Election: A Rejection of the CCP Going hand in hand with the CCP’s Hong Kong protest disaster is the landslide re-election of anti-unification President Tsai Ing-wen.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, writing on her official Facebook page on Nov. 18, described the differences between China and Taiwan.

Hostility towards Taiwan has risen since the more independence-leaning Tsai Ing-wen was elected president in 2016.

In recent years, the relationship between Taiwan and Beijing has become more tense, since President Tsai Ing-wen took office in 2016.

According to Chang, the bureau was created as part of a campaign promise made by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen when she was elected in 2016.

Ahead of vigils held at Liberty Square in Taipei City, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen posted on Facebook on June 4: “The Chinese government not only did not plan to repent for the past mistakes, but it also continued to cover up the truth.”

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen voiced her support for the rally during the opening ceremony of an international women’s association meeting early on June 23. “I believe the rally can awaken Taiwan society,” she said.

I think this is a huge mistake,” said Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, commenting on Kiribati’s decision to switch diplomatic recognition to Beijing during a Sept. 20 press conference.

Xi’s speech quickly drew rebuke from Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, as well as lawmakers from two major political parties in Taiwan: the Kuomintang (KMT), which has a Beijing-friendly platform, and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which has historically

If the Anti-Infiltration Bill passes the third reading, it will become law if signed by Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen within 10 days.

TAIPEI—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday China's military ambitions are becoming more apparent and tension between Taiwan and the mainland must not be resolved through military force.

However, President Tsai Ing-wen blamed pressure from the CCP for El Salvador's decision at a news conference on Aug. 21, saying that it was another example of how the Chinese regime has tried to exert pressure over Taiwan to reduce the island nation's

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (L) and visiting Marshall Islands President David Kabua inspect the honor guards during a welcome ceremony in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei on March 22, 2022.

Taiwan Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, who is seeking re-election in January 2020, took to her official Facebook page on June 10 to express support for the Hong Kong protest.

The drills were presided over by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and watched by the visiting king of eSwatini, the African kingdom formerly known as Swaziland at the center of a diplomatic tug-of-war between Taiwan and China.