Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te's inauguration ceremony at the Presidential office building in Taipei.
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Beijing: Lai Ching-te's May 20 inauguration speech was "extremely harmful" and mainland China's countermeasures are "legitimate, legal and necessary", China's state broadcaster said on Thursday.
Lai's speech was a confession of a desire for Taiwan independence and undermined peace and stability across Taiwan Strait, it said.