Tsai Ing-wen

Tsai Ying-wen (蔡英文) is a centre-left Taiwanese nationalist and liberal politician and the current president of the Republic of China. She is also the first female president in Taiwan's history. Her nickname is "Angela Merkel of Asia". She is the only leader of a democratic government among the major Chinese cultural sphere countries.

Diplomatic position
While drawing a line from the theory of 'Taiwan independence', which is claimed by radical leftists in Taiwan, she aims for Taiwanese nationalism based on "Taiwanese identity," which is somewhat separated from "Chinese identity," and takes a pro-American and pro-Western diplomatic stand. But Tsai also said a Declaration of Independence was unnecessary because Taiwan is already an independent country. This means that they will emphasize "Taiwanese identity" while not giving up on "Chinese identity" and the national name of the Republic of China.

She is also actively supporting Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.

Social and cultural position
She is pushing for an anti-nuclear policy, because which some politicians on the conservative Kuomintang side accuse her of populism.

Tsai Ing-wen's government legalized same-sex marriage in 2019. In many ways, she is showing interest in promoting women's rights and LGBT rights in Taiwan.