Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te (also known as William Lai) won Saturday’s election, snaffling an unprecedented third term for the party. Lai, who’s all for an independent Taiwan, won with 40% of the vote. But it wasn’t all good news for the DPP – they lost their majority in parliament, reflecting public frustration over domestic issues like housing costs and stagnant wages. He’s promised to address those and to continue to stand up to China. Note: China wants to reunify with the island it considers its own territory… Lai says the result shows that’s not what locals want as they write “a new page for Taiwan’s history of democracy.” Lai has his work cut out for him… He’ll have to deal with a China that’s really unhappy with his election while he also promotes dialogue with Beijing.