Chiew-Ping Hoo is co-founder and a senior fellow of the East Asian International Relations Caucus, a research exchange platform based in Kuala Lumpur. She is also a Taiwan Fellow at the Institute of International Relations of National Chengchi University in Taipei.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's inaugural address last week has set the stage for his new administration to tweak the policy course set by predecessor Tsai Ing-wen. In particular, Lai's remarks have evoked two concerns, while also offering a glimmer of optimism.
