Taiwan's Lai Ching-te, denounced as a separatist by Beijing, wins presidential vote

Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) 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's Lai Ching-te, denounced as a separatist by Beijing, wins presidential vote
Taiwan's vice president stands before a set of microphones.

Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) 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.