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TAIPEI -- Taiwan's new president, Lai Ching-te, was sworn in on Monday, completing his ascent from humble beginnings to the top office and calling on China to respect the will of voters.
Taiwan’s incoming president, Lai Ching-te, is poised to take office on Monday, facing hard choices about how to secure the island democracy’s future in turbulent times — with wars flaring abroad, rifts in the United States over American global security priorities, and political divisions in Taiwan over how to preserve the brittle peace with China.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — In a campaign ad for Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te, incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen was shown driving with Lai in the passenger seat, exchanging reflections on their years governing together. Tsai later turned over the driving to Lai, who was joined by running mate Bi-khim Hsiao.
TAIPEI — Taiwan's next president, Lai Ching-te, will pledge to secure stability by maintaining the status quo in the island's relationship with China in his inauguration speech on Monday (May 20), an incoming senior security official said.
TAIPEI -- When Taiwan hosted a major international media awards ceremony for the first time earlier this month, President Tsai Ing-wen was the star of the show.
SHANGHAI -- China has stepped up maritime activity and other moves that analysts see as a pressure campaign on Taiwan ahead of President-elect Lai Ching-te's inauguration in Taipei on Monday.
TAIPEI — China's military has sailed and flown closer to Taiwan in recent weeks than it has before, and staged mock attacks on foreign vessels ahead of the inauguration of the island's next president on Monday, according to Taiwanese government reports.