Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou won a close re-election fight today, leveraging his message of greater prosperity through expanded ties with China to beat his populist-minded opponent.

The second Taiwanese delegation to visit China within a month met today with President Hu Jintao amid a campaign by Beijing to isolate Taiwan’s president and his supporters, who want formal independence.

The worst period of China-Taiwan tension has passed, but Taipei will still keep a wary eye on Beijing, the Taiwanese premier said today.

Taiwan’s President Chen Shui-bian said today he would not shut the door on eventual unification with China if Beijing expressed goodwill.

Opposition activists today refused to disband protests until authorities agree to re-count Taiwan’s weekend presidential election, won by the incumbent one day after he was wounded in a mysterious shooting that critics say influenced the vote.