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As the leader of Taiwan's legislature Han Kuo-yu handed the seals of office to President William Lai and his vice-president, Hsiao Bi-khim, there were murmurs in the crowd.

Han Kuo-yu, from the oppositon KMT, had run for president in 2020 and lost.

Festivities to mark the Year of the Dragon in Taiwan were marked by appearances by newly elected president Lai Ching-te and the speaker of the Legislature, Han Kuo-yu, who represents the opposition Nationalist Party that favors political unification with China.

That is in contrast to Han Kuo-yu, the Kuomintang’s presidential candidate in 2020, who made rousing speeches and pledged to restore closer relations with China but lost in a landslide to President Tsai.

Ms. Tsai won re-election in a landslide in January over Han Kuo-yu, a candidate who had pushed for closer relations with China.