China: Keeps provoking Taiwan Taiwan: Elects anti-China president China: *surprised Pikachu face*

Congratulations, Taiwan! May democracy lives on in Taiwan.

Chinese: “voting? What is that?”

They are so sensible accepting win and lose ! Other countries should learn from such an educated people and society ! That’s amazing

This can teach China how to become a real country.

Chinese regime 🇨🇳is stil can't digest for taiwan election when they talks about for the people's by the people on taiwan 🇹🇼 as sovereignty

Congratulation to DPP ,again and again Democracy in Taiwan its winner Long life Democracy in Taiwan

Peaceful transfer of power. The choice of the people. Freedom of association. The challenge is unity of the Taiwanese for the next 4 years.

Congrats Taiwan and William Lai! The last bastion of democracy in the Chinese - speaking region.

I love Taiwan, it might be small but it is a very important country in this world.

Taiwan GDP per capita $32000. China $12000. Plus Taiwan people are free. There is no free in China

Taiwan 1 - China 0

Congrats Taiwan 🇹🇼 and keep on standing your ground ...!!

Long live and Glory to Taiwan 🙏

Taiwan no.1!!! 🇹🇼 🎉🎉 From China 🇨🇳

Taiwan will be stronger this time

The problem with a multi-party or a double party state is that they can't have a clear goal. What a party had done another can undo

Why china dont have elections?😂😂

My condolences to *all Chinese🇨🇳* who lost their freedom of speech and independent thought, now become victims of *lies of the century:* - It's inevitable that China will "rule the world" and the USA is a "declining power," *- Taiwan🇹🇼 is a "province" of China,* - South China Sea belonged to China "since ancient times," - Wuhan virus originated in "Fort Detrick, USA," - Uyghurs are herded in concentration camps "to curb terrorism."

Well done Taiwan 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇹🇼🇹🇼👍

How lovely to see the Taiwanese people selecting their own leaders, something people in China cannot do. It is China that should adopt the Taiwanese system, not the other way around. It would also make peaceful reunification much more likely.

DPP Lai's win in Taiwan's🇹🇼 contest presidential is a win for the Taiwanese people and a loss for the Chinese regime.🇨🇳

Congrats...keep strong!

Congrats Taiwan 🇹🇼 new President 2024.

Respect and salute Taiwanese independent for your country

Taiwan, in all aspect of international perspective is an independent country. Why? It has its own government, own army and military, it occupies a defenite territory of land, it elects its own president and most above all it is transacting official business with internationally with other country as a co-equal state. You Taiwan is a republic country... You even defy and fight China. Congratulations Republic of Taiwan.

He's gonna be a nightmare for china lol 😂

Love food in Taiwan

Congratulations to the people of Taiwan for being very wise, intellectual and brave in showing their country's will and aspirations for survival through this election.👍🎉❤

DPP is not a majority government. This means DPP is not able to make important political decisions without consulting with other two parties.

CONGRATULATION TAIWAN PRESIDENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉R🎉🎉🎉🎉

Xi Jin Ping should know it is his bullying tactics and mindless threats that led to this election results. Taiwanese thanks you!! 😂😂

Democracy for everyone.

Real countries get to have elections like this.

Taiwan is great Country 🤩💪🇹🇼

Just curious, why on earth there is a party thinking of joining communist rather than preserving democracy ?

Congratulations Prez Lai Ching-Ti! Congratulations Taiwan on your living Democracy! Congratulations on your AMAZING COURAGE despite intimidation and threats.

🇹🇼♥️🇺🇲🇯🇵🇦🇺🇰🇷🇬🇧🇩🇪🇺🇦

Ccp: 😠😠😡😡🤬🤬

Congratulations Lai🤩💪🇹🇼

Congratulations!

congrats taiwan for your democracy its a awake up call to mainland chinese people to stand up and unite to fight for their rights and freedom against communist dictatorship not later but nowwww!!!

Taiwan my favorite country in Asia.

He look like a villian in the movie.....😂😂😂😂

Mr William Lai a new President Republic of Taiwan. Congratulations Mr William.

Congratulations to new Taiwan president, and on your upcoming independence from CCP

Here's a reality check. Confronting the truth can be challenging, and the fact is that the majority of countries worldwide, including America, do not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state.

Taiwan no.1 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼♥️

Unlike the prosperous taiwanese, 952 million chinese earn less than 282 dollars a month.

Taiwan is a democracy country and I hope CCP can respect that or just swallow that . Whatever

Long live Taiwan !!!!!

A victory for democracy!

Xi's "Runification" based on "historical ownership" is total nonsense not supported by historical fact. The idea of "China" as a nation-state did not emerge until the end of the Manchurian Empire. ROC, Republic of China, was declared on Jan 1, 1912, as a revolution against the Manchurian Empire. PRC, People's Republic of China, was established on October 1, 1949. Which country has "legitimate" rights for Taiwan based on "historical ownership"? This is a very dumb question. But just let us accept for the moment the premise that a country could have "historical ownership" rights to a piece of territory, let us look at the history of Taiwan. The "native people" of Taiwan never did have much say about what foreign powers who came to take over parts of Taiwan as their territories. The Dutch (Dutch East India Company and its army) occupied the coastline of the southern half of Taiwan from 1624 - 1662. The Spaniards colonized northern Taiwan, around 1/67 - 1/7 of the Taiwan Island, calling it "Spanish Formosa", starting in 1626. In August 1642 the Dutch drove out the Spaniards and took that north Taiwan territory. Zheng Chenggong 鄭成功, a Southern Ming general defeated the Dutch outposts on Taiwan in 1661 and established the Kingdom of Tungning 東寧國. In 1683, Qing (Manchurian Empire) defeated the Kingdom of Tungning 東寧國 in the Battle of Penghu 澎湖海戰 and proceeded to rule over the western and northern part of Taiwan, less than half of the total Taiwan Island. In 1895, Qing ceded its Taiwan territory to Imperial Japan which ruled over the entire Island. After Japan surrendered to the Allies at the end of WW2 on September 2, 1945, Republic of China ROC (KMT) took over Taiwan under military rule. The Civil War between the KMT and the CCP resumed in 1946. CCP chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on 10/1/1949. KMT started to retreat to Taiwan and completed the retreat by December 1949. On December 7, 1949, ROC in Taiwan declared itself the government-in-exile of China. Japan finally relinquished its territorial claims to Taiwan in the Treaty of San Francisco, which was signed on 9/8/1951 and came into effect on 4/28/1952. Both ROC and PRC were not present at the negotiation and signing of the Treaty. At that time, there was no consensus which "China" should be present. In total, according to current estimates, between 900,000 and 1,100,000 people from mianland China have migrated to Taiwan between 1945 and 1955. The prior population of the island, at the end of Japanese rule, is estimated as 6,500,000. Of these, the Japanese subpopulation of about 500,000 were mostly repatriated by 1946. There was a native "kingdom" on the west coast of Taiwan, which the Dutch called Middag, date of establishment unknown and ended in 1732. This "Kingdom" was probably not a "kingdom." It might be a confederacy of tribes. When the Dutch invaded Taiwan and later conquered the Spainish colony in northern Taiwan, this group of natives had managed to resist the Dutch army and remained self-administered. In Chinese records this "kingdom" is called 大肚王國, "Big Belly Kingdom" (no kidding), based on geographical landmark 大肚溪, Big Belly River. In 1661, Zheng Chenggong 鄭成功 arrived at Taiwan and drove out the the army of the Dutch India Company an established the Kingdom of Tungning 東寧國. But defeating the Big Belly Kingdom turned out to be tough. In one battle, a whole 500 men regiment was killed by the tribesmen. In a brutal battle in in 1670, Zheng's army almost wiped out the whole Papula 巴布拉 tribe. In 1731 a large-scale tribal uprising against Qing rulers lasted for almost a year. Qing dynasty sent in its regiments from Fujian Province 福建省 and squashed the rebellion, with much blood shed and eradicated the Big Belly Kingdom. There was a very short-lived Republic of Formosa 臺灣民主國 that existed on Taiwan in 1895 after the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing Dynasty to the Emperor of Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki 下關條約 / 馬關條約. When news of the treaty reached Taiwan, some "Qing Dynasty Chinese" decided to form an independent republic and resist Japan. It was proclaimed on May 23,1895 and Japanese troops conquered it on October 21. The Republic lasted only 151 days. CCP likes to throw around claims of "historical ownership" on territories including, and not limited to, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet, and territories in dispute with Vietnam and India. Putin has exerted his "historical ownership" claims to Crimea and Ukraine, and you know what other countries he would like to exert that claim if he has the means to do so. Such claims are plain absurd. Just imagine Mongolia, Japan, Tibet, India, Britain, Spain, Netherlands, Mexico...etc. exerts their "historical ownership." Just imagine what the USA would be like when Britain, Spain, France, Mexico, Portugal, Belgium, and native Americans exert their "historical ownership" based on history, or on unequal, unjust, and fraudulent treaties, or on unequal, unjust, and fraudulent territory transactions. Furthermore, making such "historical ownership" claims frequently implies an implicit recognition of the legitimacy of gaining a piece of territory by force. A country's territory or part of it was almost always gained by force sometime in history. So, when another country gains a piece of territory from you, it would have immediate legitimate ownership of that piece of territory you just lost. I am not saying that history should not be a factor to consider in territorial disputes, or historical grievances, or historical injustices, but just because one's county (or some precursor of that country) "owned" a piece of territory some time in the past should not be and could not be the main and determining factor.

Xinping crying in corner 😂

Well Taiwan has spoken!!!! The people want their democracy to stay intact...not Mainland Chinas version 😅.....Hoping for peace and China minding Mainland Chinas business as thats where their government has authority.

Isn’t this guy Chang kai sheks grandson

It's called TAIWAN and NOTHING else.

Congratulations 🎉 🎉

Congratulations Taiwan

the one china policy is pointless because only china recognizes it and not the whole world, because taiwan has its own laws and it has a democracy and freely elects its leader

Taiwan Mainland is next

The U.S regime is the least suitable nation to address the protection and security of Taiwan, as it annually taxed a trillion dollars from its hard working citizens to sustain its defense sector. However, it faces even the challenges in ensuring the safety of its very own elementary school children

Taiwan safe for now.

No person or group of people own another set of people.

MONGOLIAN EMPIRE OWNS CHINA LONG TIME AGO NO CHINA🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🤣🤣🤣🤣🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Congratulations New Taiwan President ❤❤❤❤

" a big big win for AMERICA military industrial complex "

China just keep deceiving itself, the Taiwanese have everything any independence county should have, they've fought the Chinese severally to defend their land, while the bully Chinese communist party still believes Taiwan is part of China, the bullies will be disgraced at the end, i don't like bullies. Congratulations Taiwan, long live Taiwan, continue to succeed.

THERES ONE MONGOLIAN POLICY CHINA WOULD RESPECT MONGOLIAN EMPIRE AS VOW TO HES LORD MONGOLIA RE UNIFY CHINA😂😂😂😂😂😂

MONGOLIA OWN CHINA MONGOLIAN EMPIRE MUST HAVE ONE MONGOLIAN POLICY NOT CHINA POLICY HAHAHA😂😂😂😂😂😂

One china ❤

🇰🇭❤️🇹🇼

We're so proud of Taiwan people to continue keeping on the Democracy path with International Democracy counties.

Lets hope this new guy will be peaceful

Lots of trolls and bots 😂

In my perspective taiwanese chosen to be next Ukraine 😊

i hope there is nothing big happen after this. i mean, China and Taiwan is like Brother. same to Ukraine and Russia, South Korea and North Korea.

Taiwan is a country not an island, pls correct that

Lai vs xi jinping start tomorrow

bro did not change the roc constitution. Taiwan is still a province of China, but the term China is ambiguous.

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

India is very happy now. Lai could continue Tsai's previously delayed plan to import 100,000 Indian workers to clean up all toilets in governmental buildings.

reunited my S

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what is next ?

Yay for the democratic presidential candidate 🎉 my name is Angelina and I am from the usa

40.1% DPP, 33.5% KMT, 26.5% TPP pretty close what I say. Is it okay for candidate with less than half of country support to be president? Why is there no second round of election?

China: don't do this ok? Taiwan: no

Go China Go back

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Taiwan people smart

As a U.S elementary school student. I have to say that The U.S regime should be the least qualified nation to discuss the protection and security of Taiwan. Given how it taxed a trillion dollars annually from hard working US citizens to support its defense sector. It struggles heavily to ensure the safety of its own elementary school children.

So many bots in this comment section lol.

The U.S regime should be the least qualified nation to discuss the protection and security of Taiwan, given that it taxed a trillion dollars annually from its hard working citizens to support its defense sector. However, it struggles to ensure the safety of its own elementary school children.

CHINA MUST RESPECT THE UNCLOS FIRST BEFORE WE RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU CALL "ONE CHINA POLICY" anayways Congratulations to the newly elected president of Taiwan. From the people of The Philippines.

The United States regime should be the least qualified nation to engage in conversations about the protection and security of Taiwan, given its annual taxation of a trillion dollars from their hard working citizens to support the defense sector. Ironically, it encounters extreme difficulties in even securing the safety of its elementary school children.

who win taiwan game part america .

Let's see how Taiwan goes from this point.......

Discussing the protection and security of Taiwan, the U.S regime seems to be the least suitable nation, especially considering its annual taxation of a trillion dollars from its hardworking citizens to fund its defense sector. Nevertheless, it struggles heavily to even guarantee the safety of its elementary school children.

The democracy is to test people's wisdom. Do you think the majority of people is capable to decide their destiny?