Taiwan s opposition gives William Lai and his DPP minority government a headache scmp.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scmp.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lai visited Hualien, the worst affected area, and urged rescue teams to ‘make the most of every minute’ as hundreds of people remain trapped in collapsed buildings.
Presidential front runner and ‘cat warrior’ diplomat complement each other’s political skills and voter appeal in boost for ruling DPP, but Beijing has slammed the ticket as ‘a union of pro-independence separatists’.
Estonian cabinet has revised country’s approach to the island, allowing it to open the office in Tallinn, but foreign minister stresses that ‘we will not develop political relations with Taiwan’.