Tsai Ying-wen

Greeted by the fizz of fireworks, flags, honking horns, and a jubilant throng of tens of thousands of Taiwanese citizens, president-elect Tsai Ying-wen took to the stage last Saturday.

Taiwan’s presidential election victor Tsai Ying-wen will enjoy a broad mandate from her commanding victory and her independence-leaning party’s new legislative majority, but managing the island’s delicate relations with China will be tricky.