Despite Beijing’s Tough Talk, Chances of War Appear Slim — for Now — as Free China’s New President Awaits Inauguration
Far from challenging the Communist regime with rhetoric about the island democracy’s independence, William Lai at his inauguration is expected to wave an olive branch of kinship while focusing on domestic issues.
Taiwanese fighter jets and helicopters will swoop over Taipei Monday as a figure who’s had harsh words for Beijing is sworn in as the new president of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
The aerial display should dramatize the defiance of the incoming president of Taiwan, William Lai, as Communist Chinese navy vessels and planes routinely encircle the island in a program of bullying and intimidation.
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