{"id":409168,"date":"2024-01-13T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/01\/13\/taiwan-voters-rebuff-china-give-ruling-party-third-presidential-term\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T12:18:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T12:18:00","slug":"taiwan-voters-rebuff-china-give-ruling-party-third-presidential-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/01\/13\/taiwan-voters-rebuff-china-give-ruling-party-third-presidential-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Voters Rebuff China, Give Ruling Party Third Presidential Term"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te into power on Saturday in an explicit rejection of China’s warnings not to vote for him in an election Beijing framed as a choice between war and peace.<\/p>\n

Current Vice President Lai’s DPP, which champions Taiwan’s separate identity and rejects China’s territorial claims, was seeking a third term, unprecedented under Taiwan’s current electoral system.<\/p>\n

Lai was facing two opponents for the presidency – Hou Yu-ih of Taiwan’s largest opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) and former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je of the small Taiwan People’s Party, only founded in 2019. Both conceded defeat.<\/p>\n

Lai was due to speak to reporters at 8:30 p.m. (1230 GMT) in Taipei.<\/p>\n

In the run-up to the election, China denounced Lai as a dangerous separatist, saying that any moves towards Taiwan’s formal independence meant war, and rebuffed Lai’s calls for talks.<\/p>\n

Lai says he is committed to preserving peace and the status quo across the Taiwan Strait and boosting the island’s defences.<\/p>\n

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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