Taiwan President Affirms the Island’s Global Standing as Beijing Continues to Isolate Taipei

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te delivers his inaugural speech after being sworn into office during the inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei on May 20, 2024. Sung Pi-lung/The Epoch Times

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te dismissed suggestions that Taiwan’s standing in the world would be diminished after the island lost another diplomatic ally to Beijing earlier this year.

Mr. Lai, who was sworn into office in May, was asked about Nauru’s decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing just two days after his election victory in January in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine published on June 13.