On a bright, sunny late autumn morning on Saturday Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen joked with local media and the public as she queued at a school in Taipei to cast her vote in the country’s local elections.
By the evening, however, the outlook for Miss Tsai, her government and Taiwan’s relations with China were far from clear after the ruling Democratic Progressive party suffered a series of stunning losses to the opposition Kuomintang.
Miss Tsai, who has pursued a firmer line with Beijing than the China-friendly KMT since taking office in 2016, immediately resigned as head of the party, despite the result coming amid widespread allegations of Chinese interference in the polls.
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