Taiwan president-elect names cabinet ahead of inauguration

Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te (R) speaking next to the current secretary-general at the presidential office Lin Chia-lung. [AFP}

Taiwanese president-elect Lai Ching-te named his cabinet and security team appointees on Thursday as he prepares to take office next month.

China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it will not renounce the use of force to bring it under its control, has labelled Lai a "dangerous separatist".