TAIPEI/BEIJING – Newly minted Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te raised some eyebrows when he referred to China in his inaugural address as just that – China.
Mr Lai, who is from the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), did so seven times in his closely watched 30-minute speech, delivered on May 20 onstage in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei.
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