Taiwan’s New President Sworn In, Calls on Chinese Regime to Stop Intimidation

‘I hope that China will face the reality of the Republic of China’s existence,’ Lai Ching-te said.

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

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan’s new president has been sworn into office, calling on the Chinese regime to stop its military and political intimidations in a speech unlikely to deter the communist regime’s ambition to seize control of the self-ruling island.

In his 30-minute inaugural speech on May 20, Lai Ching-te, from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), said that Taiwan is a “sovereign and independent country,” and that the island nation and the communist regime in mainland China “are not subordinate to each other.”