Taiwan inaugurates new president for ruling party’s historic third term after voters snub China’s warnings
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Taiwan inaugurates new president for ruling party’s historic third term after voters snub China’s warnings
Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan’s president Monday, marking the start of a historic third consecutive term for the island’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which has championed democracy in the face of years of growing threats from authoritarian China. Lai, 64, a former doctor and vice president, was inaugurated alongside new Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim, who recently served as Taiwan’s top envoy to the United States. Both leaders and their party are openly loathed by Beijing for...
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Taiwan inaugurates new president for ruling party’s historic third term after voters snub China’s warnings
By Eric Cheung, Simone McCarthy and Jessie Yeung, CNN Taipei (CNN) — Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan’s president Monday, marking the start of a historic third consecutive term for the island’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which has championed democracy in the face of years of growing threats from authoritarian China. Lai, 64, a
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