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Wu Mei-ju and her husband Lai Ching-te. Wu Mei-ju and Lai Ching-te met when they accompanied their relatives and friends in the joint high school entrance examination, and got married while Lai was studying in the Department of Post-Medical Science of National Cheng Kung University. The couple has two sons. [1]
Lai Ching-te (Chinese: 賴清德; pinyin: Lài Qīngdé; born 6 October 1959), also known as William Lai, is a Taiwanese politician and former physician who is currently serving as the 8th president of the Republic of China since May 2024.
Read more: Taiwan's Lai Ching-te Discusses China, Trade, and More with TIME. Who is Lai Ching-te? A Harvard-educated former physician, who also goes by William, Lai is scheduled to assume office ...
William Lai Ching-te, Taiwan's Vice President and the presidential candidate from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), at the DPP headquarters in Taipei on Oct. 24.
Taiwan’s President-elect William Lai Ching-te and running mate Hsiao Bi-khim celebrate in Taipei on Jan. 13. Credit - Annabelle Chih—Getty Images
The inauguration of Lai Ching-te as the 14th president of the Republic of China took place on May 20, 2024, [1] marking the start of the four-year term of Lai Ching-te as president and Hsiao Bi-khim as vice president, and the first time a political party started a third term since the implementation of direct elections in 1994.
Lai Ching-te, a former doctor from a poor mining family, was propelled into politics by a military crisis in the Taiwan Strait 27 years ago. Now, the soft-spoken political veteran is tasked with ...
Hsiao Bi-khim [a] [b] (born Bi-khim Louise Hsiao; [1] 7 August 1971) is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat who has been the 13th and current vice president of the Republic of China since 2024, serving under President Lai Ching-te. She is Taiwan's first biracial vice president.