'I have let everyone down,' the Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei mayor candidate Chen Shih-chung tells supporters.
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang won control of the Taipei mayorship on Saturday in a setback for President Tsai Ing-wen, who had framed the local elections as being about showing defiance to China’s rising bellicosity.
But Tsai, who leads the ruling Democratic Progressive Party , had recast the election as being more than a local vote, saying the world is watching how Taiwan defends its democracy amidBoth the DPP and KMT, which traditionally favors close ties with China though denies being pro-Beijing, had concentrated their campaign efforts in wealthy and populous northern Taiwan, especially the capital Taipei, whose mayor from the small Taiwan People’s Party could not run again due to term limits.
China carried out war games near Taiwan in August to express anger at a visit to Taipei by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and its military activities have continued, though on a reduced scale.
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