Taiwan slips further from China’s grasp

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Beijing has already seized on this to claim Lai does not have a mandate to govern, reducing the pressure on China to offer the DPP an olive branch and reopen formal dialogue with Taipei which is what all the political candidates had been offering. China does not like Lai, who it has dubbed “Lai the liar” and a troublemaker for past comments advocating for independence, or his running mate – Taiwan’s former representative in the United States, Hsiao Bi-khim. “This election result will not do Lai any favours. A minority DPP government in both presidential votes and parliament seats will...