Taiwan's President-elect Lai Ching-te (left) gestures beside his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim during a rally outside the headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taipei on January 13, 2024, after winning the presidential election. Yasuyoshi Chiba | AFP | Getty Images TAIPEI —...
Lai is the vice president of the island's governing Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP. Lai, who also goes by the name William Lai, and incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen reject China's sovereignty claims over Taiwan, a former Japanese colony that split from the mainland amid civil war ...
"Lai Ching-te said he wants to seek 'Taiwan independence.' If he wants to be elected the next leader, he should fully consider the negative impact brought on by wars and conflicts in the world, like families destroyed and people displaced," said Liang I-Tai, president of ...
In an open letter following Lai's speech, Xiong Zi-jie, president of the Hunan Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan, called "Taiwan independence" a poison to Taiwan. "The separatist group headed by Lai is abandoning the path to peace and choosing conflict for the sake of its political gain," he...
Lai Ching-te has sent a dangerous signal of seeking "Taiwan independence" and making provocations to undermine cross-Strait peace and stability in his speech after assuming the role of the Taiwan region's new leader on Monday, a Chinese mainland spokesperson said. 中国大陆发言人表示,赖清德在2024...
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William Lai Ching-te congratulated former President Trump on his victory in the presidential election, offering his support for the next leader of Taipei's main ally against China.
China has strongly condemned the United States for arranging Taiwan region leader Lai Ching-te's "stopover" in the country, urging Washington to stop official interaction with the island. It was reported that Lai arrived in Hawaii on Saturday for a "stopover" in the US as part of his trip...
Lai Ching-te is a relative moderate who is expected to continue the self-governing island democracy’s policy of de facto independence while seeking to bolster its defenses against China.
Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te said Thursday that the island’s defense budget will exceed 3% of its economic output as it overhauls its military in the face of the rising threat from China.