Jim Garlow
Garlow has been involved in work to sway public opinion on US foreign policy. Recently Garlow criticized the president of Taiwan by praising President Trump for violating established US foreign policy by calling the president of Taiwan rather than the premiere of China, by saying: "However, while the fact that a US President Elect talked with a Taiwanese leader is a good thing, it is NOT good that it was THIS leader. President Tsai Ing-wen is the 'Hillary Clinton of Taiwan' - hellbent on destroying natural, orthodox, historic, tradition (biblical) marriage. Churches - that is, authentically biblical churches - are under severe attack. Legal challenges are underway. So - while it is good that the US recognizes Taiwan, it is NOT good to give President Tsai Ing-wen any credibility. We need to pray her out!"
2016 Taiwan presidential election
According to internal party protocols, presidential primaries are conducted via nationwide opinion polling. Registration was held between 2 and 16 February 2015. After Mayor of Kaohsiung Chen Chu, Mayor of Tainan William Lai and former Premier Su Tseng-chang who were seen as likely candidates, declined to run, which left the candidacy for the 2012 presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, who was also the incumbent DPP chairwoman and former Vice Premier. Tsai became the only candidate that registered in February 2015, and thus nationwide opinion polling that were planned to be conducted between 16 and 18 March were suspended. Tsai was duly nominated by the DPP on 15 April 2015. On 16 November 2015, Tsai Ing-wen announced former Minister of Health Chen Chien-jen as her running mate, who consequently resigned from his post as deputy director of Academia Sinica.