{"id":47505,"date":"2024-01-13T19:29:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T19:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/taiwan-gives-ruling-party-third-presidential-term-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T19:29:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T19:29:58","slug":"taiwan-gives-ruling-party-third-presidential-term-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/taiwan-gives-ruling-party-third-presidential-term-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan gives ruling party third presidential term | The Express Tribune"},"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 opposing to\u00a0China’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

Read: US-China dynamics in Taiwan\u2019s elections<\/a><\/strong><\/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<\/div>\n