China and the months of anti-gov't unrest in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong took centre stage in the election campaign.
Taiwanese re-elected President Tsai Ing-wen by a landslide today, a stern rebuke to China which has tried both military threats and economic inducements to get the island to accept its rule, and potentially ushering in further tension with Beijing.
“One country, two systems,” which provides for a high degree of autonomy, much as Beijing uses in Hong Kong, has never been popular in Taiwan, and is even less so now after the months of protests in Hong Kong. Beijing needs to understand the will of Taiwan’s people, and that only Taiwan’s people can decide its future, she added.of the Kuomintang party, which favours close ties with China, by more than 2.6 million votes.In total, she won almost 8.2 million votes in all, more than any Taiwan president before since the island held its first direct presidential election in 1996.
“People have been stirred up by the Hong Kong situation and that deceived many people into voting for Tsai,” said Han supporter Huang Lu-lu, 38, clutching a Taiwan flag at what was supposed to be a victory rally for Han in Kaohsiung.There was no immediate reaction to Tsai’s re-election from China.
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