Taiwan's new president vows to maintain existing dialogue mechanisms with Beijing

Taiwan's new President Tsai Ing-wen was inaugurated Friday, vowing to solve the island's social and economic problems, and to maintain existing dialogue mechanisms with Beijing. "Taiwan faces a difficult situation," she told the tens of thousands gathered outside the Presidential Office Building, including more than 1,000 foreign and domestic dignataries. 

    She enumerated many domestic problems including the nearly-bankrupt pension system, rigid educational system, limited energy and other resources, a flagging economy, the ageing population, health-care problems, pollution, food safety, and judicial reform. 

"I will tackle this country's problems step by step, starting with the basic structure," she said. Taiwan's first female president assumes office with an unprecedented parliamentary majority for her party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), after an emphatic victory in January elections .

Source: QNA