Tsai landslide risks China cranking up pressure on Taiwan

Beijing is seen likely to take further diplomatic, economic or military steps

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. "The two sides have almost no political trust," according to Pan Chao-min, a professor at Tunghai University's Graduate Institute of Political Science in Taiwan. (Reuters/Akira Kodaka)

CHENG TING-FANG, LAULY LI and KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei staff writers

January 12, 2020 17:43 JST

TAIPEI -- Tsai Ing-wen's sweeping victory in Taiwan's presidential election vindicated her strong stance against China, but also risks provoking Beijing into stepping up its campaign of pressure against an island it views as a wayward province.