Tagged: China
Farida Adamu
Hong Kong Elections Postponed
Legislative Council (LegCo) General Elections, which were scheduled to hold in Hong Kong in September, have been postponed by a year. This decision was made by Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, who invoked emergency powers with the backing of the central government in China. The Chief Executive cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for the […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
America 2020: Between the US and China
As uncertainty trails the 2020 US presidential polls scheduled to hold at the tail end of the year, China, has denied recent allegations made by the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, that it plans on meddling in the elections in favour of Trump’s opponent and Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden, as […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Taiwan Set To Hold Elections
Taiwan is set to hold general elections on January 11, 2020, to elect the president, vice president and the 113 members of its parliament. The Republic of China, Taiwan has a presidential system of democracy with a unicameral legislature. The Candidates Taiwan’s politics has been dominated by two parties, the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Democratic […]