No matter who wins in Taiwan’s presidential elections in January, she will be the first woman to head a modern Chinese society and one of the few in Asia to reach the top post without standing on a man’s shoulders.
Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang (KMT) at the weekend formally appointed Hung Hsiu-chu as its presidential candidate, to face off against Tsai Ying-wen of the Democratic People’s party who secured her candidacy in April.
The appointments guarantee the island a female president — a first for contemporary Chinese society, where Confucian culture still plays a strong role.
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