FOCUS: Taiwan's Lai to face tough time handling China ties, hung parliament

Lai Ching-te, who won Saturday's Taiwan presidential election to continue the rule of his independence-leaning party, is set to face challenges in managing relations with China that detests him and the territory's parliament as his party failed to secure a majority.Beijing, which seeks to bring the self-ruled island into its fold by force if necessary, will likely ramp up military and economic pressures on the territory following Lai's win while refraining from taking excessively provocative measures in the Taiwan Strait amid signs of easing Sino-U.S. tensions, observers say.In the presiden…READ FULL ARTICLE