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eight years we have tried - continuously to extend goodwill. unfortunately, china has not responded to these gestures. we hope in the future china will realise peace serves the interests of both sides. for taiwan's main opposition party, the kmt, it was another humiliation. it had run on a platform of getting closer to china. the kmt is the party xi jinping would prefer to see running this island. instead voters gave the party he loathes an historic third presidential win. now, everybody is waiting to see how china's leader will respond. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. mr lai's presidency will likely be judged by how well he manages an increasingly aggressive beijing and whether he can avert a major crisis in the region.

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on their ability to continue attacks on vessels in the red sea. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. welcome to the programme. let's start in taiwan, where william lai has won the election and is set to become taiwan's president. he is from the governing dpp, and is set to succeed the current president, tsai ing—wen. mr lai has been labelled a "troublemaker" by china, and beijing had warned people against voting for him. in his victory speech, he pledged to use dialogue instead of confrontation in exchanges with china. he also said he hoped that beijing understood that peace will benefit both sides. as for china, it says reunification with taiwan is still inevitable despite the vote, and opposes separatist activities. rupert wingfield—hayes

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40% of the vote — though the dpp lost its majority in parliament, making it hard for him to pass legislation. mr lai says he will maintain the status quo in relations with china — which has labelled him a troublemaker and a "dangerous separatist". in his victory speech, he pledged to use dialogue instead of confrontation in exchanges with china and said he hoped beijing understood that peace will benefit both sides. china says reunification with taiwan is still inevitable despite the vote, and it opposes separatist activities. the bbc�*s rupert wingfield—hayes reports from taipei. onto stage, the man who will now be taiwan's next president. in the end, william lai won the election by a larger margin than expected. china's campaign to intimidate voters here not to choose him failed. his supporters say, if anything, it had the opposite effect.

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the kmt, it was another humiliation. it had run on a platform of getting closer to china. the kmt is the party xi jinping would prefer to see running this island. instead voters gave the party he loathes an historic third presidential win. now everybody is waiting to see how china's leader will respond. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. mr lai's presidency will likely be judged by how well he manages an increasingly aggressive beijing and whether he can avert a major crisis in the region. the chinese communist party has never ruled taiwan, but claims the self—governing island is part of its territory. earlier, our china correspondent laura bicker updated us on china's reaction to the election results. we've just had a statement from the taiwan affairs office which says that the results of these elections in the taiwan region show that the democratic progressive party cannot represent the mainstream public opinion on the island. that's obviously a nod to the result that william lai, the new president of taiwan, new president—elect

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of getting closer to china. the kmt is the party xi jinping would prefer to see running this island. instead, voters gave the party he loathes an historic third presidential win. now everybody is waiting to see how china's leader will respond. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. let's cross now to prof rana mitter, who is the professor of us asia relations at harvard kennedy school. thank you forjoining us. i first want to focus on the relationship with the united states because it's a little complicated, the united states backs taiwan and yet they are not pushing for a formal independence, are they? they absolutely _ independence, are they? they absolutely are _ independence, are they? they absolutely are not, _ independence, are they? they absolutely are not, this - independence, are they? they absolutely are not, this is - absolutely are not, this is something that has been an issue for more than 50 years. when the people's republic of china was recognised by the united states back in the 1970s, part of the overall deal was that they would not acknowledge taiwan as a separate

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mr lai says he will maintain the status quo in relations with china, which has labelled him a troublemaker and a "dangerous separatist". in his victory speech, he pledged to use dialogue rather than confrontation when it comes to exchanges with china, and said he hoped beijing understood that peace will benefit both sides. china claims reunification with taiwan is inevitable despite the vote, and says that it opposes separatist activities. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from taipei. onto stage, the man who will now be taiwan's next president. in the end, william lai won the election by a larger margin than expected. china's campaign to intimidate voters here not to choose him failed. his supporters say, if anything, it had the opposite effect.

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the dpp lost its majority in parliament, making it hard for him to pass legislation. mr lai says he will maintain the status quo in relations with china, which has labelled him a troublemaker and a "dangerous separatist". in his victory speech, he pledged to use dialogue rather than confrontation when it comes to exchanges with china, and said he hoped beijing understood that peace will benefit both sides. china says reunification with taiwan is still inevitable despite the vote, and it opposes separatist activities. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from taipei. onto stage, the man who will now be taiwan's next president. in the end, william lai won the election by a larger margin than expected. china's campaign to intimidate voters here not to choose him failed. his supporters say, if anything, it had the opposite effect.

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extraordinarily quickly. the pictures you are looking at, that is a campaign rally in taipei by the democratic progressive party, the dpp. according to our correspondent in taiwan, they are saying it is a very, very close race. as it was in 2000 and 2004. rupert wingfield—hayes, i will correspond reporting in the last 30 minutes that vice president william lai from the dpp is holding something like a 4.5 lead. we will keep across that story throughout the morning and we will be crossing live to our correspondent who is there. after the top of the hour. any wad of elements we get before that, we will bring them to you. let's get more on our top story, and the us has launched a new strike against the houthis in yemen. military officials say they hit

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the kmt, it was another humiliation. it had run on a platform of getting closer to china. the kmt is the party xi jinping would prefer to see running this island. instead voters gave the party he loathes an historic third presidential win. now everybody is waiting to see how china's leader will respond. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. rana mitter is the professor of us—asia relations at harvard kennedy school. i asked him to explain why the us, although it backs taiwan, does not support its independence. this is something that has been an issue for more than 50 years. when the people's republic of china was recognised by the united states back in the 1970s, part of the overall deal was that they would not acknowledge taiwan as a separate internationally recognised state, and that still stands today. although the american presidentjoe biden has made it clear that he would defend taiwan —

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i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. taiwanese voters have chosen william lai as their president in an historic election, cementing a path that is increasingly divergent from neighbouring china who warned voters not to vote for the doctor—turned—politican. mr lai — who represents the democratic progressive party — won 40% of the vote, beating the other two opponents by a wide margin. he's broken new ground, winning an unprecedented third consecutive presidential term for his party, but the win could also increase tensions with china who has called mr lai a troublemaker and separtist. china considers taiwan a part of its territory and has been calling for a �*peaceful reunification' but has not ruled out the use of force. in recent months, the country has ramped up its military presence on the island, heightening fears of a possible conflict. rupert wingfield—hayes has more, from the taiwanese capital,

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