TIMELINE - File footage of key events in Taiwan ahead of presidential election

Record ID: 1760994

  • Title: TIMELINE - File footage of key events in Taiwan ahead of presidential election
  • Date: 2nd August 2022
  • Summary: Taiwan opposition leader Lien Chan on April 26, 2005, became the first KMT leader to set foot on Chinese soil since 1949. Stepping off the plane, Lien said the visit had been too long in the making and urged all parties across the Taiwan Strait to work together to ensure a peaceful future. NANJING, CHINA (FILE - APRIL 26, 2005) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAI
  • Embargoed: 16th August 2022 07:40
  • Keywords: Chen Shui-bian Chiang Ching-kuo Chiang Kai-shek Communist Generalissimo Kinmen Kuomintang Lee Teng-hui Ma Ying-jeou Nationalist Republic of China Tsai Ing-wen
  • Location: TAIPEI, TAICHUNG, KAOHSIUNG, HSINCHU, TAIWAN / UNITED NATIONS / LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES / NANJING, CHINA / SINGAPORE / HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS
  • City: TAIPEI, TAICHUNG, KAOHSIUNG, HSINCHU, TAIWAN / UNITED NATIONS / LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES / NANJING, CHINA / SINGAPORE / HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS
  • Country: Taiwan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA008009201011970RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT FIRST RAN ON JANUARY 5.
    This edit contains file footage of key events in modern Taiwan, which will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on January 13.
    The elections are taking place against a backdrop of increased pressure from China as Beijing seeks to bolster its sovereignty claims.
    As the vote has approached, China has accused Taiwan of unfair trade practices and ended some tariff cuts, while China's military has continued to fly over the Taiwan Strait.
    Both China and Taiwan's largest opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) have framed the vote as a choice between war and peace.
    The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has attacked the KMT as being Beijing's patsies and for parroting China's line that the DPP threatens peace.
    (Production: Fabian Hamacher, Angie Teo)
  • Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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