SINGAPORE — Taiwan’s leading presidential candidate Lai Ching-te has chosen the self-governing island’s high-profile envoy to the United States as his vice-presidential running mate, further portraying the electoral race as a competition between pro-U.S. and pro-China interests. Lai, presently Taiwan’s vice president, has chosen Hsiao Bi-khim as his running mate, based on local and Western ...
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