People gather on a windy seafront promenade and beach in south China's Pingtan island, looking east towards Taiwan as the sun rises over the strait. The smaller neighbour on Saturday held its presidential election that was won by Lai Ching-te, whose Democratic Progressive Party's stance that Taiwan is "already independent" has angered China. Communist China claims democratic Taiwan as its own and refuses to rule out using force to bring about "unification," even if conflict does not appear imminent. IMAGES