Taiwan's President and 2020 presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen greeting supporters during an election campaign event at the Jienan Taoist temple in Pingzhang district in Taoyuan. Tsai is riding high in the polls as she seeks a second term. - AFP
TAIPEI: Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is riding high in the polls as she seeks a second term, a remarkable reversal of fortune aided by bellicose threats from Beijing and unease over political unrest in Hong Kong.
Tsai, 63, is up against Han Kuo-yu of the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang (KMT) party, who had a stratospheric rise last year in local elections but has struggled on the campaign trail.
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