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Tsai Re-elected In Landslide In Rebuke To China

January 13 2020

Taiwan

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has handily won re-election, reports the Taiwan News.

Tsai, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), received about 57 percent of the votes in Saturday's election. 

She beat out Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Han Kuo-yu, who was widely perceived as being more friendly toward Beijing. 

Following Tsai's victory, mainland Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi said that the One China policy remained unbroken, reported Reuters.

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