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It’s Official: Taiwan Has a New President

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It’s Official: Taiwan Has a New President

Tsai Ing-wen official assumes office with promises of economic, political, and social reform.

It’s Official: Taiwan Has a New President
Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China

Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party officially became Taiwan’s first female head of state on Friday. Tsai and her vice president, Chen Chien-jen, took their oaths of office in a ceremony at the Presidential Office on Friday morning before Tsai took the stage to give her inaugural address, outlining her new government’s policies and priorities for Taiwan.

Tsai’s message to the country centered on two themes: unity and reform. She urged unity among Taiwan’s people to tackle the various challenges ahead – including an ambitious plan to overhaul Taiwan’s economy and advance political and judicial reform. “Let us leave behind the prejudices and conflicts of the past, and together fulfill the mission that the new era has entrusted to us,” Tsai said in her address.

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