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Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen’s 2016 victory speech

Taiwan just elected its first woman president and power changed hands for the third time. The election also demonstrated the Democratic Progressive Party’s thumping of the Kuomintang (KMT) in the 9-in-1 elections of November 2014 was not a fluke. Senior KMT leaders resigned from their positions in government, adding to the uncertainty in Ma Ying-jeou’s lameduck last few months. Politics in Taiwan have changed.

The video blow is the victory speech delivered by Dr. Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文). Find the full English-Chinese text here.

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