Lai Ching-te

• Taiwan must look to democracies, not China, for trade cooperation, president says - By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan must look to fellow democracies, not China, for trade and economic cooperation, President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday, as his
• Taiwan’s $40 Billion Military Spending Plan Stalled by Political Impasse - Taiwan’s domestic gridlock is revealing a deep-seated fracture over how the island should defend itself and how much it can depend on the United States.
• Taiwan’s president pledges to defend island’s sovereignty after China’s military drills - Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Thursday vowed to defend the self-ruled island’s sovereignty in the face of China’s “expansionist ambitions,” days after Beijing wrapped up live-fire military drills around the island. “In the face of Ch
• Taiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward China - She says Taiwan must embrace its Chinese heritage to avoid war. Her critics say she wants to steer the island into Beijing’s orbit.