TAIPEI: Tsai Ing-wen, widely tipped to become Taiwan’s next president, has kicked off a one-month election campaign, with supporters bringing donations in piggy banks to a rally held by her opposition party.
About a thousand people gathered outside the headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the capital Taipei to hear a speech made by Tsai – who would become Taiwan’s first female president if elected – with many holding green plastic piggy banks stuffed with coins and bank notes.
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