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Tsai’s foreign policy a success but mixed domestic record could hurt her party at 2024 election

As Ms Tsai Ing-wen entered the final year of her second term in office in May, tensions in the Taiwan Strait have grown to become a global concern. PHOTO: REUTERS
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TAIPEI – When Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen was first elected in 2016, she promised that her government would “bring Taiwan closer to the world, and the world closer to Taiwan”.

Seven years later, she has achieved just that, say political watchers.

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