President Tsai Ing-wen has been featured on the Bloomberg 50, which has dubbed her “Taiwan’s Covid Crusher.” The Bloomberg 50 is an annual listing of the most influential people in the fields of business, finance, technology, the environment, politics, and entertainment.

In early December, the Bloomberg 50 piece on Tsai said that the president successfully responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. It says that Taiwan has not seen a domestic case of COVID-19 for over 200 days thanks to Tsai’s leadership.  

The article also says that even though Tsai was seeking reelection in January, as the pandemic began, her administration still made time to handle COVID-19 by implementing travel restrictions and outlining social distancing guidelines. Bloomberg says that Tsai’s efforts may make Taiwan one of the only economies in the world to show positive growth in 2020. 

Last week, President Tsai, once again, made Forbes magazine’s list of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.” Forbes released its 2020 list last Tuesday. President Tsai ranked 37th.

Forbes said, “Tsai became the first female leader of Taiwan and the first unmarried president when she was elected in 2016. Since taking office she has broken protocol by making overtures to the U.S., creating tensions with mainland China. Tsai won reelection in 2020 with more than 57% of the popular vote. Her victory was seen as a rebuke to Beijing's efforts to control the island.”