The votes may not have turned out the way the governing party wanted, but the referendums themselves served a larger purpose in staving off Beijing’s territorial claim.
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Taiwan’s President Quits as Party Chief After Stinging Losses in Local Races
With a presidential election only 14 months away, the results gave a big lift to the opposition Kuomintang, which favors closer ties with China.