Polls close in Taiwanese presidential election

Taiwanese people cast their ballots at a polling station in Taipei (Chiang Ying-ying/AP/PA)

Polls have closed after Taiwanese cast their votes for a new president and legislature in an election that could chart the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s relations with China over the next four years.

At stake is the peace and stability of the island 100 miles off the coast of China that Beijing claims as its own, to be retaken by force if necessary.