FEATURE / Big shoes to fill as Foreign Minister Joseph Wu to shift posts
05/15/2024 05:40 PM
In an increasingly complicated geopolitical landscape, Taiwan's newly elected president, Lai Ching-te (賴清德), has selected mostly familiar faces from the outgoing administration to help him navigate security and diplomatic challenges after he takes office on May 20.
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