Category: diplomatic ties

Taiwan President to Visit US but No Word on House Speaker Meeting

TAIPEI/WASHINGTON—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will make sensitive stopovers in the United States on her way to and from Central America that China’s foreign ministry condemned on Tuesday, but Taipei would not confirm a meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Taiwanese presidents routinely pass through the United States while visiting diplomatic allies in Latin America,…


Lithuanian Lawmakers to Visit Taiwan, Deepening China Spat

TAIPEI/VILNIUS—Taiwan’s leadership will host a group of Lithuanian lawmakers next week amid a deepening spat between Beijing and Vilnius about the Baltic state’s decision to allow the self-ruled island to open a de facto embassy. Beijing downgraded diplomatic ties with Lithuania on Sunday in a show of anger over the de facto embassy move. The…