Beijing's loss? Taiwan re-elects pro-sovereignty incumbents • FRANCE 24 English

Beijing’s message to Taiwan’s voters just doesn’t seem to be getting through.

William Lai’s win in Saturday’s first-past-the-post presidential race means an unprecedented third straight term for what the mainland has dubbed the “pro-separatist” DPP. We’ll hear what the victor - who’s also the outgoing vice-president - had to say against the long and steady ratcheting up of tensions in the Taiwan Strait and the  response from Washington with the visit of a high-level bipartisan delegation.
#Taiwan elections #China #US-China Relations

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