PHOTO ESSAY/Lai, Hsiao celebrate inauguration with 1st-ever state banquet in Tainan
05/20/2024 10:21 PM
Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) celebrated their inauguration on Monday with a state banquet in Tainan, the first of its kind to be held in the 400-year-old southern Taiwan city.
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