<h5>What do we know about Taiwan’s election?</h5><p>Recently, the presidential election was held in Taiwan, the result of which has been announced. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party won its third consecutive presidential victory. Lai Ching-te (he was the country’s vice-president earlier) will become the new president.</p><p>The win comes at a time when voters ignored China's warnings that their re-election would raise the risk of conflict. Like the outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen, Ching-te is not liked by China's Communist Party leaders.</p><h5>What is China’s problem with this election result?</h5><p>China sees Taiwan as a lost territory, and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, wants to unify China and Taiwan. However, Taiwan's recent election result shows the plans of the Chinese government are falling apart.</p><p>The Democratic Progressive Party always promotes a separate Taiwanese identity. The election result also reflects Taiwan’s people's support of the present political party and the island nation’s separate identity from China.</p><p>Beijing regards the island as a separatist province that will eventually become part of China. However, many Taiwanese identify as a distinct nation, while the majority prefer to maintain the current scenario in which Taiwan neither claims independence nor merges with China.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/what-s-special-about-taiwan-s-election%2FTaiwan%202.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=8907e7fa-81d6-4201-93be-b3d0868d45f0"><figcaption>China in yellow and Taiwan in red. Photo by Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA 3.0</figcaption></figure><h5>What was the world’s reaction to the election result?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/what-s-special-about-taiwan-s-election%2FTaiwan%203.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=9cbda534-ab37-4ed0-aaed-07c757053468"><figcaption>Supporters of the Democratic Progressive Party. Photo by CNN.</figcaption></figure><p>World leaders from the US, the United Kingdom (UK), Japan, the European Union, etc., have congratulated Lai Ching-te on winning Taiwan's presidential election. Beijing has expressed displeasure with the reactions and election results, having hoped to see Taiwan's ruling party overthrown. Meanwhile, Taiwan has advised China to accept the result.</p><p>In the days leading to the election, China advised Taiwanese voters to make the correct decision and not to elect the Democratic Progressive Party. However, the Taiwanese people showed courage and elected the government that they felt would help them grow and deepen links with other countries.</p>

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