ABC News
Date: June 07, 2020

Taiwan's main opposition party has moved to distance itself from China after one of its most senior officials lost a highly charged recall election, as attitudes harden towards Beijing on the democratic island.

Mr Han lost by a wide margin in a recall vote, amid accusations from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that his Kuomintang party, or KMT, wants to sell out Taiwan to China.

China's Government has made little effort to conceal its dislike of Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, and her landslide re-election is a massive blow to Xi Jinping, writes Bill Birtles.

A recall election is held when the electorate petitions to vote on the performance of an elected representative before their term has ended when they have been seen as ineffective.
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