Taiwanese President and presidential election candidate Tsai Ing-wen casting her ballot at a polling station in New Taipei City, Taiwan on Saturday (Jan 11). - AP
TAIPEH: President Tsai Ing-wen assumed an early lead in Taiwan’s election, key television networks reported on Saturday (Jan 11), in a vote that will determine the future direction of the world’s only Chinese-speaking democracy as it faces pressure to pick sides in a global power struggle between the US and China.
Tsai, of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, is seeking a second term in the face of competition from Han Kuo-yu of the main opposition Kuomintang, which has governed for much of the time since World War II, and James Soong of the People First Party. Voting ended at 4 pm, with a result expected around 8pm.
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