CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Tsai Ing-wen (Chinese: ; pinyin: Cài Yīngwén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Eng-bûn; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician who has served as the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The premier is directly appointed by the president, while other members of the Executive Yuan Council, or Cabinet-including the vice premier, ministers, chairpersons of commissions, and ministers without portfolio-are appointed by the president of the Republic upon the recommendation of the premier.

Detailed explanation-3: -China currently claims it is a province of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), whereas the current Tsai Ing-wen administration of Taiwan maintains that Taiwan is already an independent country as the Republic of China (ROC) and thus does not have to push for any sort of formal independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ROC government relocated to Taiwan in 1949 while fighting a civil war with the Chinese Communist Party. Since then, the ROC has continued to exercise effective jurisdiction over the main island of Taiwan and a number of outlying islands, leaving Taiwan and China each under the rule of a different government.

Detailed explanation-5: -Both the ROC and the PRC still officially (constitutionally) claim mainland China and the Taiwan Area as part of their respective territories. In reality, the PRC rules only Mainland China and has no control of but claims Taiwan as part of its territory under its “One China Principle".