Taiwan presidential front runner Lai Ching-te vows to keep status quo with ‘Tsai Ing-wen 2.0’ policies

TAIPEI - Mr Lai Ching-te’s late mother hoped he would become a doctor. 

So when he announced in 1996 that he planned to give up his medical career to enter politics, she protested, eventually agreeing only because she was convinced he would not find much success in the political arena.