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Taipei for us tonight. Reporter the Democratic Progressive Party during the campaign had been a little bit ahead in the polls, but this is a ringing victory. At his final rally, supporters turned out to give a last boisterous endorsement to their man. Lai ching te, now taiwans next president. Tonight lai said, we showed the world that taiwan stands on the side of democracy. Thats not going to go down well in beijing. In president Xi Jinpings new Years Speech he repeated his claim that taiwan belongs to china, and will be, as he puts it, reunified. China is rapidly building up and modernizing i...

Mean to u. S. china relations. Britt clennett reporting now from taiwan. Reporter tonight in a victory that could drive a wedge into already testy u. S. china relations, William Lai chingde, despised by china for his proindependence stance, winning Taiwans President ial race. Roaring celebration here as lai comes out to meet his supporters as taiwans next leader. Taiwans voters rebuffing beijings repeated warnings that the election is a choice between peace and war. Chinas government, which never had control over taiwan, threatening to take the selfgoverned island by force if necessary. [ spea...