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Taiwan swears in new president, defies Chinese aggression

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Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te has faced opposition from lawmakers and protests since taking office, amidst escalating tensions with China. The controversy surrounds a proposed bill that would require the president to deliver an annual address to parliament and allow officials to be jailed for lying to the legislature. Critics of the opposition warn that the chaos and disunity being fomented plays into the hands of China, which has vowed to annex Taiwan.

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  1. Tsai Ing-Wen
    Democratic Progressive Party
    1. I wanted a quiet life. I thought I would become a historian or an archeologist to study things that happened in the past, (because) people that are dead already wouldn't jump up and argue with you.
    2. People always think that I'm a very cold person.
    3. Our armed forces need to be reformed in a big, bold way…We also need to reform our national defense systems and culture.
    4. We need to defend what we care about today, and everyone should stand up for it.
    5. If someone were to ask me what my legacy for Taiwan is, I would say that I am leaving behind a Taiwan of the world.
  2. CN
    Taiwan Affairs Office
    1. Yesterday's speech... can be described as a downright 'confession of Taiwan independence'.
  3. CN
    Wang Wenbin
    Chinese Communist Party
    1. No matter under what guise or banner, the pursuit of Taiwan independence and secession is doomed to fail.
  4. CN
    Wang Yi
    Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    1. All Taiwan independence separatists will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history.
  5. TW
    William Lai Ching-Te
    Democratic Progressive Party
    1. As China has not yet given up its use of force to invade Taiwan, we should understand that even if we fully accept China's proposition and give up our sovereignty, China's attempt to annex Taiwan will not disappear.
    2. I think it is apparent to us all, we have a nation so long as we have sovereignty.
    3. The Republic of China and the People's Republic of China are not subordinate to each other.
    4. Taiwan's people have high expectations for rational governance among political parties. Apart from competition, parties should also believe in cooperation.
  6. US
    Anthony Blinken
    White House
    1. I hope that China will face the reality of the Republic of China's existence, respect the choices of the people of Taiwan, and in good faith, choose dialogue over confrontation, exchange over containment, and under the principles of parity and dignity, engage in cooperation with the legal government chosen by Taiwan's people.
  7. TW
    Wen-Ti Sung
    Atlantic Council
    1. It appears to be an attempt to weaken the government's ability to govern effectively.
  8. TW
    Lev Nachman
    National Taiwan University
    1. William Lai has spent the past two and half years trying to convince the world he is going to be a Tsai Ing-Wen 2.0 figure.
    2. There's reason to believe him, even though there is a lot of scepticism about what he in his heart of hearts truly feels, there's enough structural constraints that are going to stop him from being able to do anything drastic.
    3. They're [China] not happy about Lai. It's bad news because the person they didn't want to win won.

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  2. After Taiwan's presidential election, China warns any move toward independence will be "severely punished"
  3. Informal US delegation to visit Taiwan after elections

sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.CNN
  4. 4.DW News
  5. 5.The Times of India
  6. 6.The Times
  7. 7.The Washington Post
  8. 8.The Korea Herald
  9. 9.The Wall Street Journal
  10. 10.Al Jazeera
  11. 11.Le Monde
  12. 12.CCTV

perspectives

  1. 1.Chinese Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Election
  3. 3.US-China Relations
  4. 4.China under Xi Jinping
  5. 5.China Claims in South China Sea
  6. 6.Political status of Taiwan
  7. 7.Independence Movements

countries

  1. 1.CanadaCA
  2. 2.ChinaCN
  3. 3.GermanyDE
  4. 4.JapanJP
  5. 5.Korea, Republic ofKR
  6. 6.KazakhstanKZ
  7. 7.LithuaniaLT
  8. 8.PhilippinesPH
  9. 9.ParaguayPY
  10. 10.SingaporeSG
  11. 11.Taiwan, Province of ChinaTW
  12. 12.UkraineUA

organizations

  1. 1.Democratic Progressive Party
  2. 2.Kuomintang
  3. 3.Taiwan Affairs OfficeCN
  4. 4.Taiwan People's Party
  5. 5.WeiboCN
  6. 6.Boeing CoUS
  7. 7.Communist Party
  8. 8.European Union
  9. 9.Republican Party
  10. 10.UN International Crisis Group
  11. 11.General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
  12. 12.General Dynamics Land Systems

persons

  1. 1.William Lai Ching-TeTW
  2. 2.Tsai Ing-Wen
  3. 3.Anthony BlinkenUS
  4. 4.Hsiao Bi-Khim
  5. 5.Xi JinpingCN
  6. 6.Chen Binhua
  7. 7.Amanda HsiaoUS
  8. 8.Nymphia Wind
  9. 9.Joe BidenUS
  10. 10.Lev NachmanTW
  11. 11.Mao Zedong
  12. 12.Ma Ying-Jeou

technicals

  1. 1.Presidential Office Building
  2. 2.RuPaul's Drag Race
  3. 3.Pacific Ocean
  4. 4.Avignon Festival
  5. 5.Caribbean Sea
  6. 6.Invisible Nation
  7. 7.New Year's Day
  8. 8.Presbyterian
  9. 9.Taiwan in Transition
  10. 10.Third Strait Crisis