Taipei (AFP) - Taiwan swore in Tsai Ing-wen as its first female president Friday ahead of a grand ceremony celebrating the island's unique identity, likely to raise hackles in Beijing as ties with China rapidly cool.
Tsai took office after winning a landslide victory in January to defeat the ruling Kuomintang, ending an eight-year rapprochement with Beijing under outgoing president Ma Ying-jeou.
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