Taiwan's ruling party suffers big defeat in key local elections

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's ruling Democratic Progressive Party suffered a major defeat in Saturday's local elections, which are seen as a prelude to the island's 2024 presidential and legislative elections, with the China-friendly opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) winning mayoral seats in four of six special municipal districts.Following the defeat, Tsai offered to step down as head of her independence-leaning party.The heavy losses suffered by the DPP are certain to weaken Tsai and likely to intensify competition for the party's next candidate in the presidential election scheduled f…READ FULL ARTICLE