WE would like to congratulate Taiwan’s president-elect, Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and the people of Taiwan for her victory and for their having conducted an efficient and successful national election on Saturday.

As had been widely expected, Madame Tsai, who is now Taiwan’s first woman president, led her party to a convincing victory over rivals Eric Chu of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) and James Soong of the People First Party. The three were vying to replace outgoing President Ma Ying-jeou of the KMT, who has been in office since 2008 and must step down after serving the maximum two terms.

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