Hsiao Bi-khim is Taiwan’s cat warrior

Before Hsiao Bi-KhimDPP was dispatched to Washington in 2020, she was asked how she would counter China’s so-called wolf-warrior diplomacy. Taiwan’s new de facto ambassador to America said she would be a “”. Inspired by her four beloved felines, she would be lovable, nimble and flexible. Cats “can balance themselves in very delicate places”, she tells Banyan. “They tread softly, but they…are able to find the right positions of defence.” What is more, adds Ms Hsiao, who recently returned to Taiwan to contest the due on January 13th as the of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (), cats are independent-minded. “You can’t force them to do things they don’t want to.”