{"id":1999057,"date":"2023-08-12T21:59:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T01:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwans-vice-president-in-new-york-for-us-stopover-en-route-to-paraguay\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T22:01:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T02:01:35","slug":"taiwans-vice-president-in-new-york-for-us-stopover-en-route-to-paraguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwans-vice-president-in-new-york-for-us-stopover-en-route-to-paraguay\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan VP visits NY en route to Paraguay."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaiwans-vice-president-in-new-york-for-us-stopover-en-route-to-paraguay%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999057&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Taiwan Vice President William \u200bLai Arrives in \u2064New York for Sensitive U.S.\u2062 Stopover<\/h2>\n<p>Taiwan Vice President William Lai \u2064arrived in New York on Saturday at\u2063 the start of\u2062 a sensitive\u2063 U.S. stopover. Mr. Lai, the front-runner to \u2062become Taiwan&#8217;s president in elections in January, is officially making only transit stops in the United States \u2062on his \u2063way to and from Paraguay for \u2063the swearing in of its \u200dpresident \u2063next week.<\/p>\n<p>The China Airlines flight Mr. Lai took from Taipei \u2063landed at New York&#8217;s John F. Kennedy\u200b Airport \u200bshortly \u200bafter 8:15 p.m. local time, according to flight tracking app Flightradar24.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china\/taiwan-reports-2nd-large-scale-china-air-force-incursion-this-week-5453838\">Taiwan Reports 2nd Large-Scale China \u200cAir Force Incursion\u2063 This Week<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <strong>8\/10\/2023<\/strong>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/tabletop-wargames-reflect-japans-increasingly-vocal-support-of-taiwan-5451223\">Tabletop Wargames Reflect Japan&#8217;s Increasingly\u2064 Vocal Support of Taiwan<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <strong>8\/9\/2023<\/strong>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Neither\u2063 Taiwan nor the United States has given \u2064exact details about his U.S.\u200c schedule, which both are aiming to keep low key, according to officials briefed on the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Taipei and\u200c Washington \u200ccall U.S. stopovers by Taiwanese\u2064 officials routine and no cause for the Chinese regime to take &#8220;provocative&#8221; actions, but Beijing has reacted with anger at what it sees as a further sign of U.S. support for Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Chinese regime claims the \u2064island as its own, despite Taiwan being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwans-vice-president-in-new-york-for-us-stopover-en-route-to-paraguay\/\" title=\"Taiwan VP visits NY en route to Paraguay.\">de facto \u2062independent country<\/a>, with\u2063 its own military, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-killed-during-protests-and-unrest-in-myanmar\/\" title=\"Two Killed During Protests And Unrest In Myanmar\">democratically-elected government<\/a>, and constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese communist regime is likely to launch military drills next week near Taiwan, using Mr.\u200c Lai&#8217;s U.S. stopovers as a pretext to intimidate voters \u200cahead of a next\u2064 year&#8217;s election and make them &#8220;fear war,&#8221; Taiwanese officials say.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lai, speaking to reporters before leaving Taiwan, made only fleeting mention of the United States part of his trip, simply noting he was going to \u200bNew \u200cYork \u200cfirst.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lai&#8217;s \u2062U.S. stopover will be the 11th by \u2064a Taiwanese vice president, \u200baccording to the State Department, which calls them routine but &#8220;private and \u2064unofficial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Washington does \u200cnot have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-lodges-solemn-representations-against-u-s-after-3-senators-visited-taiwan-to-strengthen-ties\/\" title=\"China lodges \u2018solemn representations\u2019 against U.S. after 3 senators visited Taiwan to strengthen ties\">formal diplomatic ties<\/a> with Taiwan, but is its most important international source of weapons, and the island\u2019s status is a constant source of friction with Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Paraguay is one of the few remaining countries in the world\u2063 that retains formal ties with Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lai has made one prior U.S. transit as Taiwan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-criminal-investigation-ramps-up-over-attempts-to-overturn-2020-election\/\" title=\"Intensified probe into election overturn attempts.\">vice\u2063 president<\/a>, in\u2063 January 2022 on a trip to Honduras, a then-ally of the island that switched its diplomatic recognition \u200cto Beijing in early 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lai said \u200dhe would use the Paraguay visit not only to deepen ties with that country but also to \u2063have &#8220;self-confident&#8221; exchanges \u200dwith \u200bother\u200b countries and \u200dmeet with \u200ddelegations from like-minded partners. He did not say who.<\/p>\n<p>This would &#8220;let the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-vice-president-leaves-on-sensitive-trip-to-united-states\/\" title=\"Taiwan VP embarks on delicate US visit.\">international community understand<\/a> that Taiwan is a country that adheres to democracy, freedom, and human rights, \u200band actively participates in international\u2064 affairs,&#8221; \u2062Mr. Lai\u2062 added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lai went to Honduras \u2064last year for \u200dthe inauguration of its president and\u2063 had a brief though symbolic \u2063chat there\u200d with U.S.\u200d Vice President Kamala Harris. The United States has not announced who may be going \u200dto \u2063Paraguay next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan VP William Lai arrived in New York, commencing a delicate U.S. stopover. 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