Polling stations opened on Saturday morning in the East Asian island state of Taiwan to vote for a new president and a new parliament. Around 19.5 million eligible voters were set to cast their votes from 8 am (0000 GMT). The election campaign was dominated by the tensions between China and Taiwan. Whoever wins the election will also decide how relations with China develop. The Chinese leadership regards Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which is in favour of Taiwanese independence, as separatist, even if it has no intention of officially declaring independence. President Tsai Ing-W…