Lai Ching-te inaugurated as Taiwan’s president in a transition likely to bolster island’s U.S. ties

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Open this photo in gallery: In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te, also known as William Lai, center, new Vice President Bi-khim Hsiao, left, and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, right, make a toast during a welcome reception for delegations to the Inauguration ceremony for the new president and vice president, in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 19.The Associated Press Taiwan inaugurated Lai Ching-te as its new president Monday, installing a relative moderate who will continue the self-governing island democracy’s policy of de facto independence while seeking to bolster its defences against China....