Taiwan's first female president has been sworn in

Taiwan's new President, Tsai Ing-wen, has omitted mentioning the one-China policy in her inaugural address in a move likely to anger Beijing, which claims the self-governing island as its own territory. Tsai said in her speech on Friday that she respected the "joint acknowledgments and understandings" reached between the sides at a landmark 1992 meeting seen by China as underpinning all subsequent contacts and agreements. However, Tsai made no explicit mention of the concept that Taiwan is a part of China, which Beijing says is crucial to the entire relationship. Lowy Institute researcher Mr Cai Yuan commons from Taiwan that despite the relationship with China, interior affairs like economic development and creating new jobs are also important for people in Taiwan. Dong Xing reports.

Taiwan's first female president has been sworn in after an emphatic victory in January elections. Source: AAP