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Lai Ching-te inaugurated as Taiwan's president in a transition likely to bolster island's US ties
Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on May 20, 2024
Taiwan inaugurated Lai Ching-te as its new president, continuing its policy of de facto independence while bolstering defenses against China. Lai accepted congratulations from politicians and delegations from nations with diplomatic relations with Taiwan, including the US and Japan. He takes over from Tsai Ing-wen, who led Taiwan...
Video credit: AFP English
Published on May 23, 2024 - 00:58
Taiwan will 'defend values of freedom and democracy': President Lai
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te vows to "defend the values of freedom and democracy" as China conducts military drills around the island days after his inauguration. Democratic Taiwan is accustomed to frequent threats from China, which claims the island as part of its territory. Beijing has said it will never renounce the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, and has in recent years upped the rhetoric of "unification" being "inevitable".
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