TAIPEI—His policies rejected by Taiwan voters in a landslide re-election for President Tsai Ing-wen, Chinese leader Xi Jinping will most likely continue to tighten the screws on the island, with state media already floating shows of force.
China took center stage in the campaign after Xi sought in a major speech a year ago to get Taiwan to sign on to the same sort of “one country, two systems” model as Hong Kong.
