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Tsai wins 2nd term, Beijing slams 'cheating'

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President Tsai Ing-wen won a second term in a landslide victory on Saturday, taking 57% of the votes and trouncing her main opponent Han Kuo-yu from the Kuomintang (KMT). Tsai’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) also won a majority of seats in the Legislature. Mainland China, which sees the two sides as part of one country and hopes they will reunify peacefully one day, has not renounced the use of force if pushed to do so.Take a look at what Tsai said in her speech after winning and China's response to her victory.


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