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Opposition efforts to push through a controversial bill have raised concerns about the island’s democracy.

PLA says exercises launched in response to president’s inauguration will test capacity to ‘launch joint attacks and occupy key areas’

Lai has pledged to “neither yield nor provoke” Beijing

Lai Ching-te uses inauguration speech to push for peace in the region and says future of Taiwan important to future of the world

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Lai’s election victory gave the DPP an unprecedented third term, but his room for manoeuvre is likely to be limited.

Lai Ching-te was sworn in on Monday as Taiwan's president in the face of growing Chinese military pressure and a hostile parliament. Lai succeeded Tsai Ing-wen in a ceremony closely watched by China, which claims the island as part of its territory, and the US, its key partner and weapons…

Hundreds in Taipei rallied to protest four more years under a Democratic Progressive Party administration on Sunday, the eve of Taiwan's inauguration of president-elect Lai Ching-te.

Friends and analysts say Lai’s tough upbringing in a working-class family has prepared him well for his next opponent: China