From BBC:
Mayoral votes in Taiwan’s two largest cities have ended, with the opposition winning in the capital Taipei but losing in the port of Kaohsiung.
The governing Democratic Progressive Party‘s candidate narrowly held on to the party’s stronghold of Kaohsiung. But the opposition Kuomintang party’s candidate won a huge victory in Taipei.
A BBC correspondent says the result is not the crushing blow some had expected the government to suffer. The vote was seen as a key test for the government. [Full Text]