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Women take 7 of Taiwan's 22 council speaker seats

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A new day for women dawned in Taiwan Thursday, with females winning seven of the 22 city and county council speaker positions throughout the country.

 The seven are Wu Pi-chu of Taipei, Kang Yu-cheng of Kaohsiung city, Jao Ching-ling of Taitung county, Liu Chen Chao-ling of Penghu county, Sung Wei-li of Keelung city, Hsiao Shu-li of Chiayi city and Hung Li-ping of Kinmen county.

 All of them, except Kang of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and independent Hsiao, are members of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), which suffered a resounding defeat in the local government elections on Nov. 29.

To read the full article published on December 26th 2014, please click here.

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A new day for women dawned in Taiwan Thursday, with females winning seven of the 22 city and county council speaker positions throughout the country.

 The seven are Wu Pi-chu of Taipei, Kang Yu-cheng of Kaohsiung city, Jao Ching-ling of Taitung county, Liu Chen Chao-ling of Penghu county, Sung Wei-li of Keelung city, Hsiao Shu-li of Chiayi city and Hung Li-ping of Kinmen county.

 All of them, except Kang of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and independent Hsiao, are members of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), which suffered a resounding defeat in the local government elections on Nov. 29.

To read the full article published on December 26th 2014, please click here.

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