TAIWAN THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA THE DEMOCRATIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHERE THE PEOPLE SELECT AND ELECT THEIR OWN LEADERS CHOOSES THE DPP MS TSAI ING WEN FOR PRESIDENT - AS THE PEOPLE OVERWHILMINGLY VOTES THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF TAIWAN TO MAKE A POINT DAYS AFTER THE REJECTION OF THE KPOP CELEBRITY WAIVING THE ROC AND ROK FLAG BY CHOU TZU YU MEMBER OF TWICE BY CHINESE NETIZENS

Taiwan's opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen made history on Saturday (Jan 16) by becoming the island's first woman president.
Following her win,  Ms Tsai, who is chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), said she would strive to maintain stability in relations with China.
Ms Tsai won 56.12 per cent of the more than 12 million votes cast. She won 6.89 million votes; Mr Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) got 3.81 million (31.04 per cent) and Mr James Soong of the People First Party took 1.58 million (12.84 per cent).

"I will build consistent, predictable and sustainable cross-strait relationship," Ms Tsai said as she claimed victory at the DPP’s headquarters in Taipei.
"I also want to emphasise that both sides of the strait have a responsibility to find mutually acceptable means of interaction that are based on dignity and reciprocity," she said.

“Our democratic system, national identity and international space must be respected. Any forms of suppression will harm the stability of cross-strait relations,” she added.

Taiwan's first woman president Tsai Ing-wen gets ready to speak to the media

After Ms Tsai's victory speech, China's Taiwan Affairs Office said it would continue to oppose any Taiwan independence activities.
China's determination to protect its territory and sovereignty was "hard as a rock", the office said in a statement released via the official Xinhua news agency.
Ms Tsai's victory came on the day that outrage erupted over the treatment of 16-year-old Taiwanese K-pop star Chou Tzu-yu who was reportedly forced to record a video apology after angering Chinese netizens by flying a Taiwanese flag in a recent online broadcast. 

Ms Tsai said in her speech that Chou's case had “shaken Taiwanese society”.

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