Taiwan voters reject Beijing's warnings to elect presidential candidate viewed as 'troublemaker'

Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's presidential candidate, Lai Ching-te, into power on Saturday in an explicit rejection of China's warnings not to vote for him in an election Beijing framed as a choice between war and peace.

Taiwan voters reject Beijing's warnings to elect presidential candidate viewed as 'troublemaker'
Taiwan's vice president stands before a set of microphones.

Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's presidential candidate, Lai Ching-te, into power on Saturday in an explicit rejection of China's warnings not to vote for him in an election Beijing framed as a choice between war and peace.