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Lai Ching-te sworn in as new Taiwan President, says 'no concessions on freedom' in first speech
Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on May 20, 2024
Lai Ching-te was inaugurated as Taiwan's new president on Monday, stepping into a role fraught with challenges. He faces a deeply distrustful China, which views him as a "separatist," and a divided parliament with a determined opposition ready to contest his leadership. Previously serving as vice president under Tsai Ing-wen for...
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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