Taiwan president chooses running mate who Chinese paper wanted arrested

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Running mate William Lai angered Beijing so badly last year with his support for the island's formal independence. FMTNews Taiwan

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen says she intends to maintain the status quo with China.

William Lai, premier until January when he stepped down to take responsibility for a crushing defeat in regional elections last November for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, will be Tsai’s vice-president candidate, she told a news conference in Taipei on Sunday. Accepting Tsai’s nomination, Lai made no mention of independence, but said the island had to stand up to pressure from an encroaching China and “show the way” for Chinese-ruled Hong Kong, which has seen months of anti-government protests.

Taiwan’s main opposition party, the China-friendly Kuomintang, said Tsai was seeking to gather “extremist” votes by trying to cosy up to “Taiwan independence forces” with her choice of Lai as running mate.

 

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