Taiwan Tells China To 'Face Reality' After Election

Taiwan voters elected Lai Ching-te to be their next president despite warnings from China that he would take the island closer to war (Credit: AFP)

Taiwan on Sunday told China to "face reality" and respect its election result, after voters defied Beijing's warnings and chose pro-sovereignty candidate Lai Ching-te as president.

Voters spurned Beijing's repeated calls not to vote for Lai, delivering a comfortable victory for a man China's ruling Communist Party sees as a dangerous separatist.