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Richard Heydarian is a senior lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and author of "The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery."
On the surface, it would hardly seem unusual that Lai Ching-te was formally congratulated last week on his election as president of Taiwan by the incumbent president of his island's next-door neighbor, the Philippines.
