China's Nationalists Urge War to Reunify Taiwan After Presidential Election

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese People's Liberation Army fighter jet takes off from Nanjing, in eastern China, April 8, 2023, during combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the self-ruled island of Taiwan. Taiwanese President-elect Lai Ching-te, center, celebrates his victory with running mate Bi-khim Hsiao, right, in Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 13, 2024.

The record third win for Taiwan's most independence-leaning party in Saturday’s presidential election has sparked calls for war from Chinese nationalists who are losing patience, despite more than 70 years of status quo, and want to see the island forcefully reunified with the mainland.