china despises taiwan's president-elect lai ching te. they hate his vice president, the former u.s. envoy even more. she's banned from even entering china, diplomacy, forget it. ahead of the election china did all it could to paint a dark, foreboding picture of four more years of the democratic progressive or green party in power. taiwan has never seen an election like this before with three different parties vying for the presidency, but in the end it was a third historic term for the green party, a result that will likely have beijing seeing red. within minutes of the result a bold, familiar claim from the taiwan affairs office in beijing. taiwan is china's taiwan. the dpp does not represent the mainstream view turn out, more than 70%. about 20 million taiwanese, more than 80% of the island's population eligible to vote and