Total vote. China had warned taiwan that a democratic progressive win could increase the risk of conflict. The voters shrugged off those warnings by making Lai Ching Te their new president. Translator the taiwanese people have successfully re resisted efforts from external Force Toss Influence this election as we believe we can choose our own president. Cnns Will Ripley joins us from taipei. Taiwanese voters ignoring the chinese warnings. Take us through the result and reaction. Reporter kim, china threw everything but the Kitchen Sink at taiwan in the run up to this election, talking about disinformation, misinformation, deepfake videos, doctored audio, spy balloons, unveiling images of their new aircraft carrier. We know all of the ships and fighter jets in the Taiwan Strait have been going on for a few years now and yet taiwanese voters chose the party, the precise party that beijing did not want to win