For almost two decades, Taiwan’s presidential elections have attracted global attention not only for the robustness of Taiwan’s democratic culture, but also for the perennial question of whether the winner would seek formal independence for Taiwan. This time, Tsai Ing-wen, the woman nominated by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), mounted a late charge on the Kuomintang incumbent, Ma Ying-jeou.
近20年来，台湾的总统选举吸引了全球的注意：这一方面是源自于其生机勃勃的民主文化，另一方面则是出于一个悬而未决的问题——选举的胜者是否将谋求台湾的正式独立。在本次大选中，在野台湾民主进步党所推举出来的候选人蔡英文在选举最后阶段对执政的国民党总统马英九造成了极大威胁，但大陆方面却并未对此作出过激举动。