The new president won’t find it easy
in front of Taipei’s presidential office on May 20th to celebrate the inauguration of William Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s fifth democratically elected president. Among them were 400 supporters from his hometown, Wanli. “Everyone is very proud,” said one of them, Chen Kuo-lung. In the past the small fishing community on Taiwan’s north coast was known only for its tasty crabs.
Indeed, Mr Lai promised during his campaign to follow his predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen, in trying to make the country “the world’s Taiwan, rather than China’s Taiwan”. But Ms Tsai’s calm insistence on affirming Taiwan’s sovereignty infuriated China’s Communist Party.
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