Tsai Ing-wen, 59, a Cornell law school graduate, did the unthinkable in Taiwan history. She became the first female president in the island's history over the weekend and her party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) also won 68 of 113 parliamentary seats, doing the unthinkable by taking control of the legislature from the KMT for the first time since the formation of modern Taiwan in 1949. She won 56 percent of the vote compared to 31 percent for her closest rival Eric Chu of the China-friendly Nationalists or Kuomintang Party (KMT) Party, which held the presidency for the last eight years. Big congrats to her!
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