Taiwan and the United States both say the stopovers, including one in San Francisco, are routine, but China has denounced them and called Taiwan’s VP Lai a separatist “troublemaker”
William Lai, also frontrunner to be Taiwan's next president at January elections, is in the United States on what is officially a transit stop. Photo: Reuters
William Lai, also a frontrunner to be Taiwan's next president in the January elections, is in the United States on what is officially a transit stop on his way to Paraguay for the inauguration of its new president.Taiwan and the United States both say the stopovers, including one in San Francisco on the way back, are routine, but China has denounced them and called Lai a separatist"troublemaker".
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