<span style="color: #222222;">Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen secured a landslide victory in presidential elections with voters resoundingly handing its first female leader a second term. Her main rival, Han Kuo-yu of the China-friendly Kuomintang (KMT) party, has conceded defeat.<br />'' <br />'' As per official results, Tsai was ahead with 57 per cent, more than eight million votes last evening. Han trailed behind with 38 per cent.<br />'' <br />'' 63-year old Tsai announced her victory as thousands of jubilant supporters cheered outside her party headquarters after ongoing vote count revealed an all but unassailable lead.<br />'' <br />''In her victory speech last night, President Tsai Ing-wen expressed hope that Beijing authorities understand that democratic Taiwan, and its democratically elected government, will not concede to threats and intimidation.</span>