Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te at a rally in Taipei in December. (Photo by Hiroki Endo)
THOMPSON CHAU, Contributing writer
This is the first of three profiles of the candidates for Taiwan’s Jan. 13 presidential election.
HUALIEN/TAINAN, Taiwan — Lai Ching-te, a miner’s son who lost his father as a toddler, now finds himself as one of the front-runners in the race to become Taiwan’s next president.
