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Lai tries to de-escalate cross-strait tensions with conciliatory speech

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On Sunday, Taiwan’s new leader, Lai Ching-te, addressed the recent escalation of cross-strait tensions during a meeting of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Tainan.
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