Taiwan’s ‘cat warrior’: former US envoy Hsiao Bi-khim hopes to be next vice-president

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The woman hoping to be Taiwan’s next vice-president is a self-proclaimed “cat warrior” who says she will be able to deliver the “global vision” needed to tackle tensions with China. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) hopes that Hsiao Bi-khim, who until November was the Taiwanese envoy to the US, will be able to convince voters to back the DPP in the high stakes presidential election on 13 January. A political veteran, Hsiao, 52, came up with her own nickname when she was sent to Washington – with her four cats – in 2020. The moniker was her response to...