Brittany Billingsley | East Asia Forum

US, China await Taiwan elections with apprehension

23rd December, 2011

In this Dec. 3. 2011 file photo, Presidential candidates, from left, Taiwan's President and ruling Nationalist Party's Ma Ying-jeou, Democratic Progressive Party's Tsai Ing-wen, and People First Party's James Soong stand together before their presidential debate at Taiwan Public Television Service in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwanese presidential candidates began their final month of campaigning Thursday, in a race that is being closely watched in Beijing and Washington. (Photo: AAP)

Authors: Bonnie S. Glaser and Brittany Billingsley, CSIS

Since Ma Ying-jeou assumed the presidency in Taiwan in May 2008, relations across the Taiwan Strait have improved dramatically.

In the past three and a half years, 16 agreements have been signed on practical matters that have largely benefited both sides of the strait. Read more…