TAIPEI >> Lai Ching-te took office as Taiwan’s new president on Monday, facing an angry and deeply suspicious China that believes he is a “separatist”, and a fractious parliament with an opposition champing at the bit to challenge him.
A giant screen with a live feed shows Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te delivering his inaugural speech after being sworn into office during the inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Office Building
Taiwan's new president, Lai Ching-te, was sworn in on Monday, amid rising tensions with China
Lai Ching-te uses inauguration speech to push for peace in the region and says the future of Taiwan is important to the future of the worldLai Ching-te has been sworn in as Taiwan’s new president, saying the future of Taiwan is as important to the world as it is to Taiwan’s people, as China ramps up military and political pressure on Taipei.In his first address as president, Lai mentioned “democracy” 31 times, emphasising the difference between Taiwan and China, where the authoritarian...
A sense of pride permeated the air at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago on Wednesday. Dozens of people from different countries were sworn in as U.S. citizens before the White Sox took on the Washington Nationals.
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China criticizes US for ship's passage through Taiwan Strait, weeks before new leader takes office
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s military is criticizing the U.S. as hyping its warship’s passage through the Taiwan Strait. The guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey passed through the waterway between mainland China and Taiwan on Wednesday, less than two weeks before the island’s new president takes office. China claims sovereignty over
China's military is criticizing the U.S. as hyping its warship's passage through the Taiwan Strait
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s military is criticizing the U.S. as hyping its warship’s passage through the Taiwan Strait. The guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey passed through the waterway between mainland China and Taiwan on Wednesday, less than two weeks before the island’s new president takes office. China claims sovereignty over
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s military criticized a U.S. destroyer’s passage through the Taiwan Strait, which occurred less than two weeks before the island's new president takes office and while Washington and Beijing are making uneven efforts to restore regular military exchanges. Navy Senior Capt. Li Xi, spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command, accused the []
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s military criticized a U.S. destroyer’s passage through the Taiwan Strait, which occurred less than two weeks before the island's new president takes office and while