Mr Lai is making what are officially stopovers in the US on his way to and from Paraguay. Read more at straitstimes.com.
from visiting the United States next month, the country’s ambassador in Washington said on Wednesday, as Beijing steps up its warnings against the trip.
Taiwan will hold presidential and parliamentary elections in January, with Mr Lai, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s presidential candidate, the front runner in most opinion polls. Chinese ambassador Xie Feng told the Aspen Security Forum that “Taiwan is China’s Taiwan” and that the country wanted a peaceful “reunification”, but Taiwanese “separatists” were advancing their agenda, seeking US support.
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