Taiwan Rebukes China, Elects ‘Troublemaker’ Lai

Somewhere, Xi Jinping donned his famous smirk. Taiwan chose Lai Ching-te for president on Saturday, handing the Democratic Progressive Party a third term in power. Voter turnout was 70%. Lai, who's been vice president since 2020, will take the reins from Tsai Ing-wen. She's stepping aside due to term limits, which is to say she's respecting the kind of democratic checks that don't exist on the Mainland. (I should note that Tsai resigned as party chief late in 2022 after local election losses.