TAIPEI: When Tsai Ing-wen takes office as Taiwan’s (ROC) president Friday she steps onto a tightrope between voter dreams of national pride and a Beijing that wants the island on a short leash.
Tsai’s election victory reflected public desire for a president who would put self-ruling Taiwan first, not “sell out” to China, which still sees the island as part of its territory.
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