TAIPEI (AP, BLOOMBERG) - Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen sat down with the top American official in Taipei on Sunday (Jan 12), one day after her landslide victory over challenger Han Kuo-yu of the opposition Nationalist Party.

Brent Christensen, a US diplomat who is director of the American Institute in Taiwan, congratulated Tsai on her win and she thanked him for his support in a meeting at the presidential office loaded with symbolism.