Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te vowed to boost the island’s defences and improve economic resilience in a New Year’s Day speech, as he faces a serious challenge from the opposition ...

The Democratic Progressive Party’s William Lai was inaugurated as Taiwan’s 8th president on Monday. His pro-independence inclinations cause consternation across the Strait, but Beijing’s ...

President Lai has adopted a more strident tone on China than his predecessor President William Lai has pledged to uphold Taiwan's self-governing status in his most high-profile public address ...

T aiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te's popularity has dropped to a new low, weighed down by a wave of social discontent and political turmoil that has amplified public dissatisfaction with his ...

Tensions in the Taiwan Strait will grow in 2025, but the risk of war remains low as the island’s leader, William Lai Ching-te, is expected to direct his energy towards mending internal political ...

President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday pledged to add an additional 3,000 firefighters to the nation’s disaster response system by 2028 while meeting with recipients of last year’s Phoenix Awards, ...

increasing the mainland-friendly opposition's ability to block legislation and check the powers of incoming president William Lai Ching-te. Han Kuo-yu, the defeated presidential candidate in 2020 ...

China has pledged “resolute countermeasures” following the United States’ decision to approve more arms sales to Taiwan, just hours before the island’s President William Lai Ching-te made ...

The decision followed months of tension between Lai's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition lawmakers ...

The government plans to add 3,000 firefighters by 2028 as part of a push to increase the nation’s disaster response capacity, President William Lai (賴清德) said today. In 2019, the government made it a ...