BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi ramped up a diplomatic pressure campaign to isolate Taiwan from the international community as Lai Ching-te took office as the island's new president on Monday.
FM Wang Yi affirms 'One China' principle with Russia, others in bid to isolate Taipei
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, shakes hands with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Astana, Kazakhstan, on May 20. (Russian Foreign Ministry via Reuters)
BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi ramped up a diplomatic pressure campaign to isolate Taiwan from the international community as Lai Ching-te took office as the island's new president on Monday.