Tsai and her party receive vote of no confidence

Editor's note: Taiwan's pro-independence ruling Democratic Progressive Party suffered a big defeat in the local elections on the island, winning only six of the 22 cities and counties, forcing Tsai Ing-wen to announce her resignation as leader of the party. Two experts shared their views with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang:

DPP's stance has been at cost of people's interests

The DPP's failure this time was rather heavy.