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Taiwan leader gets election boost from unlikely place: China

A year ago, Taiwan's leader was on the ropes.
Taiwan leader gets election boost from unlikely place: China
Then she got a boost from an unexpected corner: Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Polls indicate that President Tsai Ing-wen is poised to win a second four-year term on Saturday, a remarkable turnaround for a leader whose future was in doubt after voters dealt her Democratic Progressive Party a major loss in November 2018 local elections.
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