Lai Ching-te, the son of a coal miner and a day labourer mother, served as a lawmaker, mayor of the southern city of Tainan, premier of Taiwan and vice-president under Tsai Ing-wen. Experts say Lai faces many challenges including a diminished DPP in the Opposition-dominated Taipei Parliament, a belligerent Beijing and handling relations with Washington ahead of November s presidential election
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Tensions reached a boiling point within the legislature as ruling and opposition lawmakers clashed both physically and verbally over a series of contentious reform bills.