BEIJING (Sputnik) – Opinion polls project that opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Tsai Ing-wen will unseat the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (Kuomintang, or KMT) Ma Ying-jeou.
31 December 2015, 09:04 GMT
Tsai Ing-wen, who has pledged to maintain Taiwan’s status quo of de-facto independence, is running against the ruling party’s candidate Eric Chu.
Taiwan became self-governed in the 1940s after a civil war but China still considers it part of its territory.
In November 2015, a historic meeting was held between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese head Ma Ying-jeou.
However, director of the Chinese State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office warned in December that China’s relations with Taiwan are headed toward "complicated changes" in 2016.
