First female president elected in Taiwan

In what is considered as a historic eventuality, Pro-independence opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen has been declared winner of the just concluded elections staged in Taiwan.

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Immediately after votes were counted and the winner was declared, Eric Chu, opposition candidate and chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), conceded defeat.

Tsai of the Beijing-wary Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was on course for a landslide election victory as voters turned their backs on the KMT party which has closer ties with China.

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