With half of votes counted, the candidate from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party Lai Ching-te is leading in the race for the presidency according to local media reports. Polls closed Saturday in Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary election that will chart the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s relations with China.
Lai’s main opponent, Hou Yu-ih from the more China-friendly Nationalist party, also known as Kuomintang, or KMT, conceded defeat all but guarannteeing Lai next four years in top post.
