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The victory of Lai, who since 2020 had served as vice-president to Tsai Ing-wen, marks the continuation of a government that promoted a sovereign Taiwan and a national identity separate to China, and oversaw some of the deepest cross-strait tensions in decades as Beijing pushed towards its goal of annexation.

China’s Taiwan affairs office responded to Lai’s win, saying the result of the election would not stop “the general trend that the motherland will eventually and will inevitably be reunified”.

Early results showed Lai had won more than 40% of the vote, ahead of Hou You-yi from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), and the third placed Taiwan People’s party.

It has called the DPP a party of separatists, detests Lai, and has twice sanctioned his new vice-president, Hsiao Bi-khim, who until recently served as Taiwan’s envoy to the US.

The DPP had presented itself to voters as the party of cautious resistance, avoiding provocation but building defences and strengthening international relationships, particularly with the US and its allies.

The KMT, which also opposes Chinese rule, had accused the DPP of increasing the danger, and said that if it won the election it would seek to restore dialogue and friendly relations with China to reduce tensions.

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