TAIPEI: Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan's main opposition party was on course for a landslide election victory Saturday, a win that would make her the island's first female president as voters turn their backs on closer China ties.
With more than half the votes counted, Tsai of the Beijing-wary Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was ahead with 58.1 percent, according to a live count from polling stations by Taiwan's FTV.
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