[ad_1]
Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te has emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election and his opponents have conceded. Beijing strongly opposed the current Vice President Lai Ching-te, calling the poll a choice between war and peace.
ADVERTISEMENTWith half of votes counted, the candidate from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party Lai Ching-te is leading in the race for the presidency according to local media reports. Polls closed Saturday in Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary election that will chart the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s relations with China.
Lai’s main opponent, Hou Yu-ih from the more China-friendly Nationalist party, also known as Kuomintang, or KMT, conceded defeat all but guarannteeing Lai next four years in top post.
[ad_2]
Source link