Taiwan has sent a message to China: Its voters are determined to decide their own future, even in the face of growing threats and military might.
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They have done this by promoting the island's current vice-president Lai Ching-te, from the current ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), to the top job.
By electing him president, Taiwanese voters have, for the first time in nearly 30 years of democracy, granted a political party a third consecutive term.
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