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Saturday 2 January 2016

China sends warning to Taiwan as it prepares to elect first woman president

As a British-educated admirer of Margaret Thatcher, Tsai Ing-wen, who studied in London, is the woman set to become leader of China’s fierce rival Taiwan was always likely to be regarded with suspicion by Beijing’s Communist Party apparatus.
The fact that she is head of a party dedicated to promoting the island’s independence from the Chinese mainland only makes matters worse.

Beijing duly met expectations yesterday by firing a warning shot across the bows of Tsai Ing-wen, favourite to become first woman leader of Taiwan - the first woman leader, in fact, in the modern Chinese world.
Zhang Zhijun, China's minister responsible for Taiwan affairs, warned it would be “unswerving and firm as a rock” in the face of threats to its sovereignty over the island.
"Let's not regret the value of peace and development after we've lost it," he said, in a New Year’s message.
Ms Tsai, an academic by background, is an unusual arrival in the conservative and male-dominated world of Far East Asian politics. But polls put her Democratic Progressive Party well in the lead for the presidential election due to take place in two weeks’ time.

Her sex may not officially be as important to Beijing as her politics - the DPP, unlike the ruling Kuomintang, believes Taiwan would be better off declaring the island to be an independent country rather than maintaining the international community’s polite fiction that it is an integral part of China.
But the fact that Taiwan will become the second of China’s close and democratic neighbours to be ruled by a woman - the other being President Park Geun-Hye of South Korea - will be a constant reminder of the political revolutions China prefers to resist. China’s ruling inner circle - the Politburo Standing Committee - has never had a woman member.


Source: The Telegraph

48 comments:

Unknown said...

Women empowerment

Anonymous said...

Hmmmmmmm! *princezz*

Blog It With Olivia said...

*space booking*














#It WiLL oNLy gEt beTTer
#iT mUst End iN prAise

lindauche said...

so women no be human being abi..jisinu ike

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

OK. Dem don hear


...merited happiness

Unknown said...

Seen












#linda give me 1bo#

Unknown said...

Seen












#linda give me 1bo#

Anonymous said...

Ride on mama, we supporting you....mary nwanmo

Unknown said...

Dia wahala #sneh

Unknown said...

Change is constant and China will have to accept that women also have a lot to say and maybe they should give their women a little more credit








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Unknown said...

Change is constant and China will have to accept that women also have a lot to say and maybe they should give their women a little more credit








anaekwe.ucheslimj@gmail.com

Unknown said...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

CONGRATS TO US.

Unknown said...

hmmm

Unknown said...

Ok make una give her a chance...





~make I go drink one bottle of beer~

Unknown said...

Hmmm
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

Unknown said...

Ok then

Mufliat said...

Okay
Gud







#Hajia Mufliat

Emmanuel said...

Ok na

Unknown said...

Go mamaa

Unknown said...

OK





new comer

Emmy Blu Modesto said...

Signs of Raptire in 2016

Jennifer James..... said...

Some would say end time, others would say empowerment for women... I say, it's a worldwide revolution....

PUBLIC tatafo said...

Empower the girl child....

Lilian chinomso said...

Good for them

Unknown said...

Ok..seen

Unknown said...

Empowering women

Unknown said...

Women are taking over the world

Unknown said...

Next#slimmy

Dan Hajiya Blog said...

Daz what biafrans want to hear...fools

SHORTEST DUDE said...

Abeg how much be a litre of fuel now?


Unknown said...

If she's the most competent person for the seat, they should allow her. I'm not a fan of sentiments.




Wild flowers!

Babylawyer. said...

They should step aside, women are taking over this year.

@Lindaikeji No. I FAN

Unknown said...

them don hear






new comer

Unknown said...

Hmmm. D world politics is really changing. #IamMe

Unknown said...

So what are they trying to say??that the woman should chill???rubbbish chinsese people.

Unknown said...

Good luck madam.

Unknown said...

Before you know it they will find her in her bath tub , just sayin
. but kudos to her

Unknown said...

New development

Unknown said...

If u go fit...Y not#IwutaGo#

Unknown said...

Hmm women on the go

Unknown said...

I don't seem to understand the threat it is for China should Taiwan elect a woman as their President! They should take a chill pill joor!

Unknown said...

China to take several seats..or better still someone should slap china into the 21st century

Unknown said...

good example of Gender equality.angelmakiz@yahoo.com

Drakeson said...

Good example!

Eddy Ogbunambala said...

Ok

Unknown said...

na him e go happen for Nigeria now

Peace nwadire said...

Abeg make them free the woman mbok!

Unknown said...

THIS FOR CHINA IS ALL A BID TO PRESERVE THEIR STRONG HOLD ON TAIWAN.

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