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Taiwan presidential inauguration live: Lai Ching-te takes office
Ching-te represents an historic third term in power for the pro-sovereignty Democratic Progressive party (DPP). Lai calls on China to help maintain peace in Taiwan strait 04:27 Lai calls ...
China sanctions Boeing, two U.S. defense contractors for Taiwan arms sales
Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s new president, has vowed to strengthen Taiwan’s security through imports of advanced fighters and other technology and strengthening its domestic defense industry. In April, ...
Taiwan Swears In New President, William Lai, Amid Tensions With China
Tensions across the Taiwan Strait have escalated significantly since mid-2022, when then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei and met with top leaders. Beijing responded to that trip with ...
Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te takes office in key flashpoint of US-China rivalry
How Lai manages relations with China will be closely watched in Beijing and Washington. The Communist government cut off direct communication with Taipei after Tsai refused to accept the notion Taiwan ...
Taiwan’s Lai Sworn in as President in Taipei
Taiwan's Lai Ching-te was sworn in as president on Monday. The 64-year-old former kidney doctor and ex-vice president took his oath of office in Taipei. The new leader will have to navigate the complex relationship between America and China, which has ...
Taiwan’s Lai Taking Helm in Key Flashpoint of US-China Rivalry
Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te was sworn in as president of the democratic island, putting him right at the heart of a geopolitical rivalry involving the world’s two biggest powers. The 64-year-old former ...
Global Tensions and a Hostile Neighbor Await Taiwan’s New Leader
More about Amy Chang Chien Meaghan Tobin is a technology correspondent for The Times based in Taipei, covering business and tech stories in Asia with a focus on China. More about Meaghan Tobin ...
Lai Ching-te inaugurated as Taiwan’s president in a transition likely to bolster island’s US ties
Lai entered politics as mayor of the southern city of Tainan and then rose to vice president. He takes over from Tsai Ing-wen, who led Taiwan through eight years of economic and social development ...
Life in Taiwan is rowdy and proud, never mind China’s threats
As Lai Ching-te takes office, these photos show how this island democracy revels in the vibrant society its people have created.
Taiwan swears in new president, stands up to Chinese aggression
Lai Ching-te has vowed to continue Taiwan’s defense and foreign policy of avoiding tensions with China while also standing up for the island democracy’s freedoms.
Mainland China hits EU, US with anti-dumping probe into chemical imports, with Japan, Taiwan also targeted
Beijing launched an anti-dumping investigation on Sunday into imports of a widely used engineering chemical from the EU, US, Japan and Taiwan, as tensions rise with the major trading partners. The ...
Police arrest 24 Thai ‘hostesses’
Taipei police on Saturday arrested 24 female Thai tourists on suspicion of working as hostesses and engaging in illegal activities at an underground bar in Zhongshan District (中山), the distict’s ...
Indonesian workers in Taipei protest broker system
About 30 Indonesian migrant workers gathered outside the Indonesian Economic and Trade Office (IETO) to Taipei yesterday to demand better protection of their rights and the abolition of the broker system. During the rally, Indonesians working in the ...
Incoming Taiwan president courts diplomatic allies with shrimp fishing
President-elect Lai Ching-te took leaders from some of Taiwan's handful of remaining diplomatic allies shrimping on Sunday, the day before he takes office and has to deal with China which believes the island has no right to the trappings of a state.
Taiwan’s Lai to Take Helm in Key Flashpoint of US-China Rivalry
Bloomberg Economics estimates a war over Taiwan would cost around $10 trillion, equal to about 10% of global GDP, dwarfing the blow from Ukraine, Covid-19 and the global financial crisis.