Taiwan Vice President William Lai was elected as the new chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Sunday, setting the stage for him to run in presidential elections early next year.
Lai was the only candidate for taking the helm of the DPP. President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as party chairwoman in November after the DPP was trounced at local elections.
The DPP's acting secretary general Sidney Lin told reporters in Taipei that Lai had won election. He formally assumes the role on Wednesday. Lai has previously angered Beijing, which views Taiwan as merely a wayward province not a country, with his staunch support for the island's sovereignty and separate identity.
with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in January last year while they were both in Honduras, one of 14 countries to maintain formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
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