Analysis: Xi Jinping weighs options as Taiwan inaugurates a new president
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.
TAIPEI -- After being sworn into office, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in his inauguration speech on Monday pledged never to "yield to or provoke" China and to "maintain the status quo."