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1. Background to the establishment of the Visa Center China’s rapid opening up in recent years, amid the ongoing globalization process, has led to a remarkable increase in its people-to-people exchanges with other countries, creating a great demand for Chinese visas.   Chinese visa authorities have been working hard to improve the quality of their visa services; however, with limited staff and available space, many have become overwhelmed with the increasing quantity of visa applications.   In recent years, many countries facing such problems have chosen to introduce the Visa Application Service Center system offering a wider range of more efficient services to visa applicants; Chinese visa authorities handling a large quantity of visa applications in certain key countries decided to follow this trend.   Up to now, dozens of Chinese Visa Application Service Centers have been thus established in Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America and Africa to provide quality Chinese visa services.       2．What the center offers The Chinese Visa Application Service Center (hereinafter referred to as the “Visa Center”) is a commercial service organization registered in accordance with Macao local laws and regulations，recognized and entrusted by a the office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Macao Special Administrative Region to handle the daily routine work of processing ordinary visa applications. However, it operates independently of diplomatic missions and is neither a branch nor an affiliated organ. Its main services are:   (1) To receive visa applicants and ensure their application documents meet Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region requirements for smooth processing in the various visa categories.   (2) To provide applicants with intermediate business services, including computer entry of basic information, and transmission of the passport, visa, and other application documents between the the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Macao Special Administrative Region  and the applicant.   (3) To collect visa fees, whether for normal, express or rush service in accordance with the requirements of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Macao Special Administrative Region and, on their behalf, deliver the passport and visa to the applicant.   (4) To release visa information in a timely manner, answer customer inquiries and provide assistance through the Visa Center’s website, information desk, telephone, and e-mail.   (5) To provide the applicant with other necessary services in accordance with requirements of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Macao Special Administrative Region.     3. How the Center Benefits Visa Applicants (1) GOOD LOCATION: In order to provide applicants with a welcoming environment for visa applicants and easy access, the Visa Centers are usually located in top-grade commercial buildings in convenient locations in major cities of each host country (area). FULL USE OF NETWORK TECHNOLOGY: The Visa Centers have their own websites providing up-to-date online information, online consultation, online form completion and online visa application status query services. (3) STEPS TO REDUCE WAITING TIMES: In order to ensure efficient application processing and promote quality service, the Visa Centers normally use an online appointment system and queuing ticket machines installed in their reception areas. This is especially helpful in ensuring waiting times are short even during peak application periods. (4) CUSTOMER-ORIENTED: The Visa Centers work hard to be fully focused on applicants needs. In order to facilitate the receipt and processing of applications, they open sufficient windows to provide quality service. In the reception lobby, there is a receptionist responsible for guiding applicants and providing on-site consulting services; special windows are also provided for travel agencies and physically challenged applicants, and a VIP room is designed for distinguished guests or other applicants with special needs. In addition, applicants can obtain all kinds of visa information from leaflets and posters and enjoy visa consultation services through telephone, fax, and mail. (5) CONSTANT MONITORING: Through a Visa Application Processing & Integrated Service Platform, the operation and management center can monitor all Visa Centers’ operations and services in real time so as to provide rapid technical support and handle operational emergencies as well as service quality monitoring. 4. Operating Company of the Visa Center The Center is operated by CHINA TRAVEL SERVICE (MACAO) LTD., and its operation conforms strictly with the relevant laws of Macao SAR.

  While providing you with high quality services, the Center kindly reminds you to carefully read the Terms and Conditions before submitting an application.

Business Hours: Monday - Friday (Closed on Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays and the days with "typhoon signal No.8 or above") Location： Avenida do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues, Nam Kwong Building, 1/F, 223-225, Macao Tel：87998117/8118   Fax：87998119 Email：[email protected]

Travelling to Macao

Macau international airport.

Macau International Airport operates 24 hours a day, with many visitors entering the territory via numerous major cities around the region. For detailed information on flight schedules, please visit www.macau-airport.com or dial +853 2886 1111 .

To read the Regulations on Liquids Carried in Passenger Hand Baggage, please visit www.aacm.gov.mo .

For detailed information on immigration and customs formalities, visit www.fsm.gov.mo  and www.customs.gov.mo .

Transportation Service to and from Macau International Airport

All major hotels provide a pick-up service which can be booked in advance or arranged upon arrival.

Taxis are conveniently available from the taxi rank outside the airport. A surcharge of MOP8.00 is applicable, with each item of luggage carried in the boot charged at MOP3.00.

A number of buses serving the airport – marked AP1, AP1X, MT1, MT4, N2, 26, 36, 51A & 51X - criss-cross the city and stop at major hotels.

Macau International Airport is strategically located in Taipa near various ports and convenient transportation routes. Depending on traffic flow, it takes about 15 minutes to travel by car from the airport to Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal on Macao Peninsula, 5 minutes to the nearby Taipa Ferry Terminal, 20 minutes to the Border Gate, 10 minutes to the Macao Port Zone of Hengqin Port, 20 minutes to the central district on Macao Peninsula, and 10 minutes to Taipa Village. The airport is well served by air-conditioned taxis, public buses and hotel shuttle buses.

Hong Kong International Airport

Airport route ferry and cross-boundary bus services are available for passengers travelling to Macao directly via Hong Kong International Airport.

• TurboJET offers airport route ferry service between Macao Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal and Skypier at Hong Kong International Airport. For enquiries, please call: Hong Kong +852 2859 3333 , Macao +853 2855 5025 . Website:  www.turbojet.com.hk More information on SkyPier Terminal Ferry Service, please visit the website of Hong Kong International Airport .
• Macau HK Airport Direct provides cross-boundary bus service between Hong Kong International Airport Sky Pier Terminal and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Macao Port. For enquiries, please call: Hong Kong +852 3193 9188 , Macao +853 6567 0900 . Website:  www.macauhkairportbus.com More information on SkyPier Terminal Transfer Coach Service, please visit the website of Hong Kong International Airport .

Helicopter Service to and from Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal

• Hong Kong +852 2108 9917
• Macao +853 2872 7288
• Shenzhen +86 755 2345 8741

The helicopter service from Hong Kong and Shenzhen provides a convenient, upscale option for visitors wishing to quickly reach Macao.

• Hong Kong → Macao Sky Shuttle Helicopters Limited (Sky Shuttle) operates helicopters between the rooftop helipads of Shun Tak Centre (Sheung Wan, Hong Kong) and Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (Macao Peninsula). Each flight takes approximately 15 minutes.
• Shenzhen → Macao A helicopter service between Shenzhen Baoan International Airport, PRC and the rooftop helipad of Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (Macao Peninsula) is also available. The journey takes about 15 minutes during the day and approximately 25 minutes at night.

Booking and Enquiries Hotline:

• Hong Kong +852 2108 9898
• Shenzhen +86 755 2345 8740

or visit the website: www.skyshuttlehk.com

Hong Kong International Airport → Macao

An airport ferry service is available for passengers travelling to Macao via Hong Kong International Airport. Passengers can arrive in or depart from Macao via Hong Kong International Airport as a transit stop without having to pass through Hong Kong Customs and Immigration formalities and also without the inconvenience of carrying their luggage to the Ferry Terminal. The ferry trip from Hong Kong International Airport to Macao takes approximately 70 minutes.

• Hong Kong  +852 2859 3333
• Macao  +853 2855 5025
• International toll free Tel +800 3628 3628   (available in Mainland China and Taiwan)
• Hong Kong  +852 2359 9990
• Macao  +853 2885 0595

Hong Kong International Airport → Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal (Shun Tak Centre, Hong Kong) → Macao

The following public transportation options from Hong Kong International Airport to Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal (Shun Tak Centre, Hong Kong) are available:

• Airport Express (train) First, take the Airport Express to Hong Kong Station in Central (Operating Hours: 05:54 - 00:48 daily) then take a taxi to Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal (Shun Tak Centre, Hong Kong). Journey time: 25 minutes.
• Route A11: Travellers should get off at the "Macau Ferry, Connaught Road Central" bus stop (Operating Hours: 05:35 - 00:30). Journey time: 45 minutes.
• Route E11: Travellers should get off at the "Macau Ferry, Connaught Road Central" bus stop (Operating Hours: 05:20 - 24:00). Journey time: 70 minutes.
• Route N11: Travellers should get off at the "Central (Macau Ferry)" bus stop (Operating Hours: 00:50 - 04:50). Journey time: 75 minutes.
• Taxi Taxis from Hong Kong International Airport take about 30 minutes to reach Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal (Shun Tak Centre, Hong Kong), subject to the prevailing traffic situation.

Hong Kong → Macao

The inauguration of Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macao Bridge allows tourists to enter Macao by vehicles. Tourists can take shuttle buses to enter Macao.

• Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Shuttle Bus Macao: +853 2872 3888 Hong Kong: +852 3753 3888 Mainland China: +86 400 863 3888 Website: www.hzmbus.com

Tourists may continue their journey by taxi or bus - routes 101X or 102X once arriving the Macao port.

• One Bus Hong Kong Macau Limited Hong Kong: +852 3703 3981 Website: www.onebus.hk
• Hong Kong Macau Express Macao: +853 2832 2198 Website: www.hkmoexpress.com
• Eternal East Bus Hong Kong: +852 3760 0888 Website: www.eebus.com

Major cities in Guangdong Province → Macao

The Kee Kwan Motor Road Co. and China Travel Service (Macao) Ltd. operate a roundtrip air-conditioned bus service from major cities in Guangdong Province to Macao. The buses arrive at Gongbei Port in Zhuhai, from where you may go through the checkpoints at GongbeiPort and Border Gate to Macao. For enquiries, please call:

• Kee Kwan Motor Road Co. Macao: +853 2893 3888 Zhuhai: +86 756 828 5313 /  +86 756 888 5218 / +86 756 828 1003
• China Travel Service (Macao) Ltd. Macao: +853 2878 8342 / +853 2870 0888 Zhuhai: +86 756 889 9228 Website: www.cts.com.mo

In addition, coach companies offer direct bus services from Macau International Airport to major cities in Guangdong Province. Enquiry hotline: +853 2888 1228 Website: www.macau-airport.com/en/transportation/transport-connection

Gateways available from Mainland China to Macao by land:

• The Border Gate Opening hours: 6:00am to 1:00am
• Macao Port Zone of Hengqin Port Opening hours: 24 hours
• The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Frontier Post at Macao Port 8:00am to 10:00pm: Tourists from Zhuhai can travel to Macao via the Frontier Post on foot.
• Qingmao Opening hours: 24 hours ( for passengers allowed )

Hong Kong → Macao

Hong Kong has three major terminals that service Macao-bound routes: Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal in Shun Tak Centre located on Hong Kong Island, the China Ferry Terminal located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon and Tuen Mun Ferry Terminal in New Territories. Tourists can find quite a number of jetfoils, catamarans and ferries available, run by TurboJET and Cotai Water Jet.

The Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal in Shun Tak Centre is most frequently used by passengers. It is located above the Sheung Wan MTR station (Mass Transit Railway) next to a terminus for buses and minibuses from many parts of Hong Kong, including the bus from the airport. The Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, the helipad, reservation offices of Macao hotels and travel agents as well as the Macao Government Tourism Office Tourist Information are all located in Shun Tak Centre.

• Macao +853 2855 5025
• Hong Kong +852 2859 3333
• International toll free Tel +800 3628 3628 (available in Mainland China and Taiwan)
• Macao +853 6616 7610
• Hong Kong +852 2359 9990

The China Ferry Terminal is located in China Hong Kong City in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, and offers roundtrip sailings to and from Macao. Its booking offices sell tickets for current and advance sailings.

Passengers are advised to arrive in the terminal at least 30 minutes before the scheduled departure time in order to complete immigration formalities. Seats are allocated following check-in and immigration.

• Hong Kong (Hong Kong - Macau Ferry Terminal) <--> Macao (Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal or Taipa Ferry Terminal)

Shenzhen → Macao

• Yuet Tung Shipping Co. Ltd. The Yuet Tung Shipping Co. Ltd. offers a ferry service between Macao Taipa Ferry Terminal and Shenzhen Shekou or Fuyong. For enquiries, please call: Macao +853 2885 0272 .
• TurboJET offers a ferry service between Macao Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal and Shenzhen Shekou or Fuyong. For enquiries, please call: Macao +853 8790 6203 . Website: www.turbojet.com.hk

Zhuhai → Macao

• Yuet Tung Shipping Co. Ltd. offers ferry service between Macao and Zhuhai: - Macao Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal ↔ Zhuhai Wanzai Pier - Macao Taipa Ferry Terminal ↔ Zhuhai Guishan Island For enquiries, please call: Macao +853 2885 0272 .
• TurboJET offers a ferry service between Macao Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal and Zhuhai Jiuzhou Gang. For enquiries, please call: Macao +853 8790 6203 . Website: www.turbojet.com.hk

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SHENZHEN/HONG KONG - The Chinese mainland fully resumed normal travel with the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs) starting Monday, in what is expected to be a strong boost for the two regions' economic development.

Starting Monday, the Lo Wu Control Point, the Lok Ma Chau/Huanggang Control Point and the Heung Yuen Wai/Liantang Control Point opened up, marking the full resumption of the functioning of all seven land boundary control points between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

Monday's first group of travelers included students, cyclists, and people traveling for business and family reunions.

At the Liantang Control Point, red welcome banners and flower bouquets added to the joyful atmosphere greeting commuters. Around 6:30 am, cross-boundary students and their parents, who were about to leave for Hong Kong for the new semester, were already queued up for departure.

Pan Qiaojuan, who lives in Shenzhen's Luohu district, arrived early with her son for the long-awaited trip. "I've been looking forward to this moment. Today, my son will go back to his middle school in Hong Kong and we will also visit his grandparents there. We haven't seen one another for a long time."

John Lee Ka-chiu, chief executive of the HKSAR, said he believes that the city will be more prosperous and active in 2023, thanks to the full resumption of cross-boundary travel between the SAR and the mainland, which will greatly boost people-to-people exchanges

The full travel resumption, made possible by China's decision to optimize its COVID-19 response late last year, will further facilitate the integrated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Services at land ports between Guangdong and Hong Kong were suspended in February 2020, due to the epidemic. Land and water travel partially resumed on Jan 8, 2023.

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A passenger surnamed Gunn became the first inbound passenger through the Lo Wu Control Point. "I only went back once or twice a year before, but now I'll be able to return every week," Gunn said, adding that the customs procedure took only five minutes.

John Lee Ka-chiu, chief executive of the Hong Kong SAR, said he believes that the city will be more prosperous and active in 2023, thanks to the full resumption of cross-boundary travel between the SAR and the mainland, which will greatly boost people-to-people exchanges.

Tourism and other once-vibrant industries, battered over the past three years, are expected to gradually recover. Starting Monday, group tours between the mainland and the two SARs also resumed.

Tourists from the Chinese mainland have long made up the majority of visitors to Hong Kong, accounting for 78.29 percent of the 55.91 million arrivals in 2019.

On Monday, a total of 135 people from six mainland tour groups arrived in Macao. The Macao Government Tourism Office held welcoming ceremonies at the Hengqin port and Macao International Airport respectively, presenting souvenirs to tour group members. Also, the first Macao tour group of 37 people set out for Hengqin port on the same day.

On Monday, a total of 135 people from six mainland tour groups arrived in Macao. The Macao Government Tourism Office held welcoming ceremonies at the Hengqin port and Macao International Airport respectively, presenting souvenirs to tour group members

"I like Macao very much but haven't been here since the epidemic," said a Zhuhai resident surnamed Fan, who traveled with the group on Monday. "With subsidies from the Macao SAR government, my tour is a lot cheaper."

The resumption of group tours is expected to further elevate Macao's tourism industry, a major propellant for its economy. "Tour operators in Macao have been making preparations to embrace a full recovery," said Zhang Jianzhong, chairman of China Travel Service (Macao) Ltd.

Data from online travel agency Trip.com Group showed that as of Saturday, bookings for Hong Kong and Macao trips this week by mainland residents were up 228 percent year-on-year.

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"Normal travel will accelerate the recovery of the catering, shopping and entertainment sectors in Hong Kong and Macao, benefit tourism enterprises and businesses in the two regions, and strengthen the exchanges between Hong Kong, Macao and the mainland," said Zeng Guojun, professor of the school of tourism, Sun Yat-sen University.

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Mainland fully resumes HK, Macao travel

SHENZHEN/HONG KONG -- The Chinese mainland fully resumed normal travel with the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs) starting Monday, in what is expected to be a strong boost for the two regions' economic development.

Starting Monday, the Lo Wu Control Point, the Lok Ma Chau/Huanggang Control Point and the Heung Yuen Wai/Liantang Control Point opened up, marking the full resumption of the functioning of all seven land boundary control points between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

Monday's first group of travelers included students, cyclists, and people traveling for business and family reunions.

At the Liantang Control Point, red welcome banners and flower bouquets added to the joyful atmosphere greeting commuters. Around 6:30 am, cross-boundary students and their parents, who were about to leave for Hong Kong for the new semester, were already queued up for departure.

Pan Qiaojuan, who lives in Shenzhen's Luohu district, arrived early with her son for the long-awaited trip. "I've been looking forward to this moment. Today, my son will go back to his middle school in Hong Kong and we will also visit his grandparents there. We haven't seen one another for a long time."

The full travel resumption, made possible by China's decision to optimize its COVID-19 response late last year, will further facilitate the integrated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Services at land ports between Guangdong and Hong Kong were suspended in February 2020, due to the epidemic. Land and water travel partially resumed on Jan 8, 2023.

A passenger surnamed Gunn became the first inbound passenger through the Lo Wu Control Point. "I only went back once or twice a year before, but now I'll be able to return every week," Gunn said, adding that the customs procedure took only five minutes.

John Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong SAR, said he believes that Hong Kong will be more prosperous and active in 2023, thanks to the full resumption of cross-boundary travel between Hong Kong and the mainland, which will greatly boost people-to-people exchanges.

Tourism and other once-vibrant industries, battered over the past three years, are expected to gradually recover. Starting Monday, group tours between the mainland and the two SARs also resumed.

Tourists from the Chinese mainland have long made up the majority of visitors to Hong Kong, accounting for 78.29 percent of the 55.91 million arrivals in 2019.

On Monday, a total of 135 people from six mainland tour groups arrived in Macao. The Macao Government Tourism Office held welcoming ceremonies at the Hengqin port and Macao International Airport respectively, presenting souvenirs to tour group members. Also, the first Macao tour group of 37 people set out for Hengqin port on the same day.

"I like Macao very much but haven't been here since the epidemic," said a Zhuhai resident surnamed Fan, who traveled with the group on Monday. "With subsidies from the Macao SAR government, my tour is a lot cheaper."

The resumption of group tours is expected to further elevate Macao's tourism industry, a major propellant for its economy. "Tour operators in Macao have been making preparations to embrace a full recovery," said Zhang Jianzhong, chairman of China Travel Service (Macao) Ltd.

Data from online travel agency Trip.com Group showed that as of Saturday, bookings for Hong Kong and Macao trips this week by mainland residents were up 228 percent year on year.

"Normal travel will accelerate the recovery of the catering, shopping and entertainment sectors in Hong Kong and Macao, benefit tourism enterprises and businesses in the two regions, and strengthen the exchanges between Hong Kong, Macao and the mainland," said Zeng Guojun, professor of the school of tourism, Sun Yat-sen University.

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Lai Ching-te’s inauguration: How a coal miner’s son became Taiwan president

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By Dene-Hern Chen

Son of a coal miner, Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te takes the helm Monday as president of the self-ruled island, tasked with navigating the widening rift with an increasingly assertive China.

The 64-year-old Harvard graduate swept to the presidency in January’s elections on the promise he would defend Taiwan’s democracy and resist Beijing’s claims on the island .

Lai said his victory, which delivered an unprecedented third consecutive term for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was a clear message to China that the Taiwanese “rejected authoritarianism”.

“Our democracy is constantly under the pressure of foreign disinformation, military threats, and economic coercion,” Lai told a recent summit.

“China’s coercion has only strengthened our resolve to remain democratic and free. We refuse to submit to fear.”

Lai has vowed to continue outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen’s policies of building up Taiwan’s military capabilities as a deterrence against a potential invasion from China.

But his outspokenness — which he has moderated in recent years — has drawn Beijing’s ire.

China regards him as a “stubborn worker” for Taiwan’s independence and a “saboteur of peace”, warning that the soft-spoken politician would be the cause of “war and decline” for the island.

‘Duty’

Despite signalling to China an openness to dialogue, Lai is likely to be rebuffed.

Beijing “will not respond positively to him any more than it did to Tsai”, said Steve Tsang, director of London’s SOAS China Institute.

“The real issue is how Lai will adjust his approach, once the open arm he is likely to extend to Beijing is met with a cold — or worse – response.”

Unlike most of Taiwan’s political elite, Lai rose from a humble background.

Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the United States refutes Lai Ching-te’s egregious Op-ed at the Wall Street Journal, saying Lai's selling out Taiwan is despicable and seeking “independence” is doomed to fail. https://t.co/GMCBdaY3yw pic.twitter.com/gQ8bc5dKLR — Chinese Embassy in US (@ChineseEmbinUS) July 19, 2023

Born in 1959, Lai was raised by his mother alongside five other siblings in a rural hamlet in New Taipei City, after his coal miner father died when he was a toddler.

After he graduated from Harvard University in public health, he worked in a hospital in southern Taiwan before turning in 1996 to politics during the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis.

“My defining moment came as China’s military adventurism… threatened our shores with live fire exercises and missiles,” he wrote in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal last year.

“I decided I had a duty to participate in Taiwan’s democracy and help protect this fledgling experiment from those who wished it harm.”

He served as a lawmaker, a mayor of the southern city of Tainan and a premier before he was tapped to be vice president to President Tsai Ing-wen, whom he will now succeed.

Under Tsai’s two-term tenure, relations with China plummeted — with all high-level communications cut off.

Lai has stuck to Tsai’s stance that Taiwan is “already independent”, and does not need to formally declare itself separate from China.

‘False peace’

He has also said he is willing to have exchanges with China “on the preconditions of parity and dignity”, explaining that closer ties for economic prosperity should not be traded for Taiwan’s sovereignty.

“Accepting China’s ‘one-China’ principle is not true peace,” he said, referring to a Beijing doctrine that Taiwan is a part of China.

“Peace without sovereignty is just like Hong Kong. It is a false peace.”

During Lai’s time as premier, he was more vocal than Tsai about independence, which some say has top partners like the United States — Taiwan’s main weapons provider — concerned about how he will handle relations with China.

But political science professor Luo Chih-mei, from National Taipei University, said Lai was unlikely to make “complicated moves during a US election year”.

Brookings Institution senior fellow Ryan Hass said Lai was not “a wild-eyed zealot with a one-track-minded focus on Taiwan independence”

“He is a professional politician who has organised his career around becoming Taiwan’s president,” Hass wrote in a report.

“Now that he has ascended to Taiwan’s top elected position, he will want to win reelection.”

Taipei, Taiwan

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