Taiwan taps young blood for security council as it faces Beijing and Trump

Taiwan has injected new blood from the younger generation into its security team as it seeks to tackle growing threats from Beijing and navigate US President Donald Trump's transactional approach to policy. Advertisement The office of Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te on Monday announced that its spokesman Lii Wen and Taipei City councillor Chao Yi-hsiang had been appointed deputy secretaries general of the National Security Council (NSC) with immediate effect. The two men, both in their thirties, replaced seasoned deputies Hsu Szu-chien and Liu Te-chin, who were reassigned as advisers. The reshuffle comes at a sensitive moment, with Beijing set…