China's state-run news agency Xinhua has attacked Taiwan's newly inaugurated female President Tsai Ing-wen for her unreliable brand of politics and governance, blaming it on the fact that she is 'emotional' and 'extreme' because she is unmarried.

"As a single female politician, she lacks the emotional drag of love, the pull of the home, and no children to care for," said the opinion piece published on Tuesday.

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The article said that because Tsai is single, her political leanings, leadership, and governing strategies are influenced by her emotions and personal biases which cannot be relied on.

"Her political maneuvering focuses more on tactical details than strategic directions," the opinion piece, written by Wang Weixing, an analyst of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), said,

Questionable

The article added that Tsai's foresight remains questionable as she focuses mainly on short-term goals rather than long-term visions. The paper said that this is why she is single.

The article, which has been taken down from the internet, said the 59-year-old Tsai is 'extreme' in her politics because she is an unmarried woman who lacks emotional balance.

"Analyzed from the human angle, as a single female politician, she lacks the emotional encumbrance of love, the constraints of family or the worries of children," Wang wrote.

Stigmatized

Being an unmarried woman in China is often stigmatized. Older single women are labeled as sheng nu (roughly translated as a 'leftover woman').

Women are often pressured to marry as early as 20 years old to avoid being labeled with the derogatory term.

Tsai assumed the office after her inauguration last week. She and her pro-independence party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), won a landslide victory in the January elections in Taiwan.

Tsai has been vocal about pursuing independence for Taiwan. However, she has also said that she would maintain the status quo, referring to the existing 'one-China policy' that has been in place for many years now.

China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province and has threatened use force if necessary to reunite the island with the mainland. 

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