Taiwan just said no to “reunification” or you could argue that Taiwan just said yes to war.
China has been making threats for weeks that this election was a vote between peace and war. Peace on China’s terms meant electing the Beijing-friendly KMT Party so that reunification with the mainland could be negotiated. War, according to China, meant electing the DPP to a third term in a row by voting for William Lai. Officially, Lai has said he is happy with the status quo but China knows he’s the most pro-independence candidate in the race. Today William Lai was elected president of Taiwan.
Taiwanese voters have chosen William Lai as their president in a historic election, cementing a path that is increasingly divergent from China…
By winning an unprecedented third consecutive presidential term for his party, Mr Lai has broken new ground. In his first remarks after his…
