Taiwan President Tsai offers to step down as ruling party chief

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen announced her resignation as leader of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party on Saturday following her party's disastrous defeat in key mayoral elections that day, races viewed as indicators of voter sentiment ahead of the next presidential and island-wide legislative elections in 2020.Speaking at the party headquarters, Tsai announced her resignation as leader of the party that is skeptical of closer ties to China. She congratulated the pro-China main opposition Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), on its success in elections to elect mayors of major citi…READ FULL ARTICLE