Tsai Ing-wen Elected President of Taiwan, First Woman to Hold Office

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Tsai Ing-wen was elected Taiwan’s president on Saturday, becoming the first woman to win the office. Voters gave her Democratic Progressive Party, which is skeptical of closer ties with China, control of Taiwan’s legislature for the first time, giving her broad authority to enact her policies in office.Read More…http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/world/asia/taiwan-elections.html?_r=0