Taiwan’s former US envoy, well-known in US, vilified by China, named VP candidate

[1/6] Hsiao Bi-khim, former envoy to the United States speaks next to Lai Ching-te, Taiwan’s vice president and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate, during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan November 20, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins Acquire Licensing Rights TAIPEI, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Lai Ching-te, the frontrunner for Taiwan’s presidency, named on Monday Taipei’s former envoy to the United States as his running mate in January’s election, a high-profile diplomat well known in Washington but who Beijing denounces as a separatist. Lai, vice president and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) presidential candidate, has led in…