Tsai Ing-wen secured the highest number of votes in any Taiwanese presidential election. Photo: EPA-EFE
Tsai Ing-wen secured the highest number of votes in any Taiwanese presidential election. Photo: EPA-EFE

Taiwan’s victorious President Tsai Ing-wen meets US and Japanese envoys to repeat calls for closer ties

  • Beijing warns other countries to stick to one-China principle after election success for Tsai and her independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party
  • Chinese state media plays down her success, complaining that ‘dirty tricks’ helped defeat mainland-friendly candidate Han Kuo-yu

Tsai Ing-wen secured the highest number of votes in any Taiwanese presidential election. Photo: EPA-EFE
Tsai Ing-wen secured the highest number of votes in any Taiwanese presidential election. Photo: EPA-EFE
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