Taiwan voters elect Lee Teng-hui president.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: March 23, 1996| Author: Lin, Jennifer | Copyright information

TAIPEI, Taiwan _ The people of Taiwan elected Lee Teng-hui president in a landslide victory Saturday, sending a defiant message to mainland China that they won't be pushed around by military threats or intimidation.

Lee won 54 percent of the vote in a four-way race, becoming the first president of Taiwan to be directly chosen by the people.

His election was a sharp rebuke to China, which launched two weeks of menacing military maneuvers near Taiwan's shores in an ef...

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