Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te, left, receives the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) seal from interim chairman Chen Chi-mai, right, as witnessed by central committee member Liao Fu-te, center, during a ceremony at the DPP's headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The new head of Taiwan's ruling party who described himself as pro-independence vowed to uphold the self-ruled island's democracy in face of China's authoritarianism and continue with policies that have defined relations with China and the U.S. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)
