Taiwan envoy hails US ties after Trump inauguration

Former premier Yu Shyi-kun, who headed the Taiwanese government between 2002 and 2005, led an 11-strong team to the ceremony on Washington's National Mall. Yu himself is a member and former chairman of Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which is skeptical of cross-strait ties and defends Taipei's autonomy. Almost immediately after he won the November election, Trump provoked Beijing's ire by accepting a congratulatory call from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen.