The woman hoping to be Taiwan’s next vice-president is a self-proclaimed “cat warrior” who says she will be able to deliver the “global vision” needed to tackle tensions with China.
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) hopes that Hsiao Bi-khim, who until November was the Taiwanese envoy to the US, will be able to convince voters to back the DPP in the high stakes presidential election on 13 January.