Tsai Ing-wen, "Taiwan: Policy Challenges, Choices, and Leadership in the Next Decade" -- Q & A

Taiwan: Policy Challenges, Choices, and Leadership in the Next Decade
Tsai Ing-wen, chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan and candidate for president in the 2012 election
Dr. Tsai Ing-wen, the first female leader of a major political party and also the first female presidential candidate in Taiwan, is challenging the current President, Ma Ying-jeou, in the 2012 election. Under her leadership, the DPP has won several recent local elections and is striving toward the goal of again becoming Taiwan's ruling party. In her speech, Dr. Tsai will address the challenges facing Taiwan's future generations, including domestic issues as well as international and cross-strait relations.
Dr. Tsai Ing-wen is the chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the main opposition party in Taiwan. Before entering public service, Dr. Tsai was a lawyer and university professor. During the 1990s she was one of the key negotiators for Taiwan's accession to the World Trade Organization. Her outstanding performance led to her recruitment to the National Security Council as a national security advisor to former President Lee Teng-hui. Following the DPP election victory in 2000, she became the new government's Mainland Affairs Council minister. She joined the party in 2004 and was nominated as a legislator-at-large.
Dr. Tsai graduated from the College of Law at the National Taiwan University in 1978 and received a LLM from Cornell University Law School in 1980. She has a PhD from the London School of Economics in 1984.
September 15, 2011