TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan's incumbent president was re-elected on Saturday as official tallies showed he held a near-unassailable lead in the vote-count and the opposition conceded defeat. The result, which points to a continuation of the detente between Taiwan and China, should reassure both Beijing and Washington at a time of political transition for both superpowers. The elections had been …
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Taiwan's opposition legislators yesterday panned President Ma Ying-jeou's âone Republic of China, two areasâ statement in his inaugural address. Amid recent domestic tension over...