Taiwanese presidential candidate Lai Ching-te, left, and vice presidential Candidate Hsiao Bi-khim at a news conference in Taipei on Jan. 9. (Photo by Hiroki Endo)
LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers
TAIPEI — A Beijing-skeptical candidate running in Taiwan’s presidential election said on Tuesday that while China has attempted to intervene in every vote on the island, this year’s meddling has been the “most serious ever.”
Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party said Beijing has resorted to tactics such as “military threats, economic coercion, cognitive warfare [and] misinformation.”
