Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te vowed to defend the self-ruled island from "intimidation" by China, after voters defied warnings from Beijing and swept him to election victory. Analyst Ivy Kwek says with Lai's win, cross-strait tension will be "hard to break". "There might also be an uptick in terms of the tensions depending on (how) China decides to the response towards the result of this election," she adds. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES