TOKYO -- Tensions between Taiwan and mainland China are breathing life into Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's bid for re-election. Poll numbers have given the island's ruling Democratic Progressive Party reason to hope after a drubbing in last year's regional elections.
Tsai's approval rating surged 11.2 percentage points to 34.5%, according to a Jan. 21 poll by the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation. That came after she pushed back against Chinese President Xi Jinping, who emphasized China's goal of reunification with Taiwan under the "one country, two systems" formula in a Jan. 2 speech.
