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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

1a. According to WP, the DPP got 51 of the 113 seats, but the KMT won 52 seats—only 1 more—and TPP won 8 seats, making them "king-makers." The DPP however won a plurality of the popular votes.

wp:2024 Taiwanese legislative election / zh:wp:2024年中華民國立法委員選舉

Also according to WP, she seem to have also won more than 45% in 2012, and majorities in 2016 and 2020.

wp:Tsai Ing-wen#Presidential campaigns / zh:wp:蔡英文

2b. Who cares if she's a lesbian? (zh:wp:女同性戀)

3c. FWIW,

wp:China Television / zh:wp:中國電視公司

Funding allegations

In November 2019, Wang Liqiang, a self-proclaimed spy from the People's Republic of China (PRC) who defected to Australia, claimed, among other allegations, that CTV had received PRC funding in return for airing stories unfavorable of the ROC government on Taiwan.[2]

CTV's parent company, The Want Want China Times Group, denied these allegations.[2] The veracity of his claims has also been disputed by espionage experts, who suggested that his claims were made out of opportunism.[3][4]

4d. FWIW,

wp:Renewable energy in Taiwan / zh:wp:台灣再生能源