Taiwan election result won't change trend of reunification

DPP's lost majority means it does not represent mainstream public opinion

The results of Taiwan's leadership election cannot change the dominant role of the Chinese mainland in directing cross-Strait relations, nor can it prevent the historical trend of the reunification of the two sides, experts said.

Chen Binhua, spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday that the results of the election cannot shake the status and fact that Taiwan is part of China, nor can it change the basic direction of the development of cross-Strait relations.

In the three-way contest held on Saturday, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party won the leadership with about 40 percent of the votes. In a simultaneous election for the island's 113-seat legislative yuan, the main opposition Chinese Kuomintang became the largest party, while the DPP's seats decreased compared to the election four years ago.