Video. Ching-te inaugurated president of Taiwan

Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan’s president on Monday.

He is now responsible for the island’s relations with China. In his inauguration speech, Taiwan’s new president called on Beijing to “stop its political and military intimidation”.

The new president thanked the Taiwanese for resisting the influence of “external forces” and assured that his government would strive to maintain the “status quo” on both sides of the Formosa Strait.

Like his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen, Lai Ching-te comes from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and he too is expected to increase military spending and strengthen Taiwan’s ties with Washington, the United States being Taiwan’s leading arms supplier. Taiwan.