Some 57 per cent of Taiwan's voters opted to give President Tsai Ing-wen a second term, delivering her a landslide victory over Beijing-friendly rival Han Kuo-yu.
Taiwan's President has met with the de facto US ambassador to Taipei the day after winning the island's presidential election by a record margin, as China warned that countries should stick with recognising communist-ruled Beijing as the rightful government of"One China".
China's Government has made little effort to conceal its dislike of Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, and her landslide re-election is a massive blow to Xi Jinping, writes Bill Birtles.
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