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Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te urges China to stop military intimidation in inauguration speech

Lai has pledged to “neither yield nor provoke” Beijing

Evening Standard

Taiwan’s new president takes office and calls on China to cease hostile actions

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

The Guardian - UK

‘China’s threats to annex Taiwan will not simply disappear,’ says Taiwan’s new president – as it happened

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‘Troublemaker’ William Lai Ching-te to take oath as Taiwan’s new president

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

Al Jazeera

Taiwan Swears In New President As China Pressure Grows

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…

International Business Times

Hundreds Protest Taiwan's Ruling Party On Eve Of Inauguration

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.

International Business Times

Lai Ching-te, the political brawler who went from a Taiwan mining village to the presidency

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

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Taiwan President Takes Office Under Close Scrutiny

Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te, a staunch defender of the island's democracy, will be sworn into office Monday as Beijing ratchets up military and diplomatic pressure on Taipei.

International Business Times

Taiwan grapples with divisive history as new president prepares for power

For some, inaugural president Chiang Kai-shek was a liberating hero, but for others he was a brutal dictator.

Al Jazeera

Cops 'not touching' pursuit of officer over fatal crash

A sergeant charged over the death of an Indigenous teen will argue he was just doing his job when the boy hit his unmarked police car and died.

AAP

Singleton bus crash victim's mother reveals 'torment' over driver plea deal

'They decided to do what was easy and timely, not what was right.'

Newcastle Herald

Hunter high school teacher accused of having sex with student, 17

The DPP on Wednesday finalised the charges against Zoe Hodges.

Newcastle Herald

DNA backlog leaves cold case rape trial in jeopardy

The case highlights a 'systemic issue', lawyers say.

Newcastle Herald

‘Ghostly’: Taiwan park dotted with hundreds of statues of late dictator as row rages over their fate

Tributes that were removed from public spaces after the end of Chiang Kai-shek’s brutal rule in 1975 now crowd a site west of Taipei

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China's Increasing Hostile Actions Towards Taiwan

China's increasing aggression towards Taiwan raises concerns for regional stability. International community closely monitors the situation.

The Guardian - AU

Taiwan debates removing 760 statues of Chinese dictator Chiang Kai-shek

In move seen by the opposition as an attempt to de-sinocise Taiwan, the ruling party is pushing ahead with plans to rid the island of monuments to the dictator

Newcastle Herald

NRL star's brother has ice supply charges dropped

Zeda Haas spent a month behind bars before he was granted bail.

The Canberra Times

ACT lawyers warn government against political interference

It comes amid controversy over meeting between acting DPP, A-G.

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Attorney-General denies putting political pressure on top lawyer

Rattenbury rejects he sought to interfere with DPP independence.

Newcastle Herald

Major psychiatric development in Emerald Wardle murder case

The expert reports come nearly four years after Emerald Wardle was killed.

The Guardian - UK

Former CPS chief says clampdown on protests risks creating ‘thought crimes’

Exclusive: Max Hill KC says it is imperative to protect free speech when setting limits on protesting

The Canberra Times

ACT announces replacement for Shane Drumgold at DPP

Senior counsel from the NT appointed as ACT's top prosecutor.

The Guardian - AU

How the Sunflower movement birthed a generation determined to protect Taiwan

Protesters who took part in the 2014 movement against closer ties with China say it holds lessons for Hong Kong and Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Q&A: Taiwan whistleblower Rex How on the challenge of generational change

How exposed a secret China trade pact triggering 2014’s Sunflower Movement. Ten years on, much has changed.

AAP

Cop to fight charges over Indigenous teen's fatal crash

The sergeant whose unmarked police car was involved in a crash that killed Indigenous teen Jai Wright has pleaded not guilty to dangerous and negligent driving.

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