Mr Lai Ching-te has repeatedly offered to hold talks with China but has been rebuffed by Beijing.
Taiwan's next president, Mr Lai Ching-te, will pledge to secure stability by maintaining the status quo in the island's relationship with China in his inauguration speech on May 20, an incoming senior security official said.
Mr Lai, 64, has repeatedly offered to hold talks with China but has been rebuffed by Beijing, which has not renounced using force to bring Taiwan under its control. Mr Lai and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party say only Taiwan's people can decide their future. The official said the new government will face a “more difficult and complex” reality at home and abroad because China has staged “more provocative” military incursions that have alarmed Taiwan on a daily basis and launched influence campaigns to split public opinion in Taiwan.
In the run-up to Mr Lai's election victory in January, Beijing repeatedly denounced him as a supporter of formal independence for Taiwan, framing the vote as a choice between war and peace.
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