Incumbent president Ma Ying Jeou of the ruling the Democratic Progressive Party seeking another last year term . Despite the ambiguity , the 1992 Consensus has served as the basis for cross-strait dialogue that has led in recent years to the unprecedented blossoming of economic and people-to-people ties across the Taiwan Strait . Tsai Ing-wen , leader of DPP ( Kuomintang Party ) , would be the first female president . Beijing keeps hundreds of missiles aimed at Taiwan , an ominous threat to the island to stay in the fold . Beijing wary of Tsai Ing-wen , suspecting her of pushing a pro-independence agenda .
Incumbent president Ma Ying Jeou of the ruling the Democratic Progressive Party seeking another last year term . Tsai Ing-wen , leader of DPP ( Kuomintang Party ) , would be the first female president . Beijing keeps hundreds of missiles aimed at Taiwan , an ominous threat to the island to stay in the fold . Beijing wary of Tsai Ing-wen , suspecting her of pushing a pro-independence agenda .