First Female President Takes Office In Taiwan

First Female President Takes Office In Taiwan

This interview was originally published at WBUR.

Tsai Ing-wen is a former opposition party leader who was elected by landslide in January. Tsai Ing-wen hailed her victory as a sign that Taiwan is an independent country, but China still claims it controls the island nation. How will President Tsai Ing-wen handle that delicate relationship? Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Robert Daly, a former U.S. diplomat in Beijing.

Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

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Kissinger Institute on China and the United States