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
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:
Women empowerment
Hmmmmmmm! *princezz*
*space booking*
#It WiLL oNLy gEt beTTer
#iT mUst End iN prAise
so women no be human being abi..jisinu ike
OK. Dem don hear
...merited happiness
Seen
#linda give me 1bo#
Seen
#linda give me 1bo#
Ride on mama, we supporting you....mary nwanmo
Dia wahala #sneh
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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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
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
CONGRATS TO US.
hmmm
Ok make una give her a chance...
~make I go drink one bottle of beer~
Hmmm
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Ok then
Okay
Gud
#Hajia Mufliat
Ok na
Go mamaa
OK
new comer
Signs of Raptire in 2016
Some would say end time, others would say empowerment for women... I say, it's a worldwide revolution....
Empower the girl child....
Good for them
Ok..seen
Empowering women
Women are taking over the world
Next#slimmy
Daz what biafrans want to hear...fools
Abeg how much be a litre of fuel now?
If she's the most competent person for the seat, they should allow her. I'm not a fan of sentiments.
Wild flowers!
They should step aside, women are taking over this year.
@Lindaikeji No. I FAN
them don hear
new comer
Hmmm. D world politics is really changing. #IamMe
So what are they trying to say??that the woman should chill???rubbbish chinsese people.
Good luck madam.
Before you know it they will find her in her bath tub , just sayin
. but kudos to her
New development
If u go fit...Y not#IwutaGo#
Hmm women on the go
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!
China to take several seats..or better still someone should slap china into the 21st century
good example of Gender equality.angelmakiz@yahoo.com
Good example!
Ok
na him e go happen for Nigeria now
Abeg make them free the woman mbok!
THIS FOR CHINA IS ALL A BID TO PRESERVE THEIR STRONG HOLD ON TAIWAN.
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