While Taiwan swore in its new president, Lai Ching-te, on Monday, many just 126 kilometers across the strait in mainland China's Fujian province were unaware of the inauguration — or even sure who the man Beijing has described as a "dangerous separatist" was. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/21/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-inauguration-strait-china/ #asiapacific #politics #taiwan #china #laichingte