中國國民黨新任主席洪秀柱就職

Taiwan's China-friendly Nationalist Party has elected its first female leader after ousting her as its presidential candidate ahead of January elections that were won by pro-independence rivals.

臺灣國民黨剛剛選舉出歷史上首位女性主席。不過在一月份選舉之前，由於支持臺獨的分子在競選過程中一直佔上風，所以這位女性候選人曾遭受被迫退選。

The Kuomintang had ditched Hung Hsiu-chu as her abrasive style and strongly pro-China positions were seen as alienating voters.

此前國民黨黨內一直對洪秀柱強悍的態度以及犀利的作風有所不滿，同時其親近大陸的行爲也遭到許多選民抵制。

The veteran legislator and former teacher was elected as leader over three other candidates last Saturday and likely faces a difficult time rebuilding the party after its January electoral defeat.

上週六，這位資深立法委員，同時擔任過學校教務主任的女性領導者擊敗了其他三位對手，以高票當選臺灣國民黨主席。繼一月份競選失利之後，現在她面對的處境將是如何重整旗鼓，重振國民黨雄風。

Hung takes over from Eric Chu, who was the party's eventual presidential candidate and who resigned as party chairman after the defeat.

洪秀柱是從朱立倫手中接任主席一職的。此前，朱立倫是最有希望當選的臺灣大選候選人，然而在敗選之後，他卻主動辭去了國民黨主席一職。

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Hung from Beijing, saying he hoped the two parties would continue to oppose "Taiwan independence," according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

據官方新聞機構新華社報道，中國國家主席習近平在北京致電洪秀柱，祝賀其當選國民黨主席，並表示希望兩黨能夠團結一致，共同反對“臺獨”。

Beijing claims the self-governing island of Taiwan as its own, and relations between the two improved under the Nationalists, which governed Taiwan over the last eight years and promoted pro-China policies.

中國政府表示，雖然臺灣享有高度自治權，但仍繼續堅持一箇中國的原則不動搖。過去八年，國民黨一直統治着臺灣，實行親和大陸的一系列政策，兩岸關係也有了實質性的進展。

The independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party's candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, won the presidential election, and her party also gained a decisive parliamentary majority. Tsai, who will be inaugurated as president in May, has refused to meet Beijing's demand that she endorse its claim that Taiwan and the mainland are part of a single Chinese nation.

而具有臺獨傾向的民進黨候選人蔡英文贏得了大選的勝利，其政黨也獲得了決定性的議會多數席位。蔡英文將於五月份上臺就職，她拒絕就臺灣問題與中國政府達成一致，並一再強調自己的“臺獨”觀點。