{"id":2375393,"date":"2024-12-02T10:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T15:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwanese-president-calls-pelosi-and-other-old-friends-during-stopover-in-hawaii-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T10:04:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T15:04:14","slug":"taiwanese-president-calls-pelosi-and-other-old-friends-during-stopover-in-hawaii-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwanese-president-calls-pelosi-and-other-old-friends-during-stopover-in-hawaii-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwanese president calls Pelosi and other \u2018old friends\u2019 during stopover in Hawaii &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Ftaiwanese-president-calls-pelosi-and-other-old-friends-during-stopover-in-hawaii-washington-examiner%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=2375393&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--><p>The\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-joins-predatory-lender-litigation-against-mariner-finance\/\" title=\"North Carolina Joins Lawsuit Against Mariner Finance for Predatory Lending\">provided text includes<\/a> a button labeled &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; which, when clicked, is intended\u200d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-releases-statement-announcing-ronna-mcdaniel-is-out-just-days-after-hiring\/\" title=\"NBC announced the departure of Ronna McDaniel shortly after her recent hiring\">reveal additional content<\/a>.\u200c Below this button is a \u200chorizontal line, followed by a span \u2063element that seems to contain XML \u2062encoding and various HTML\u200b structure elements related to \u200ba mobile menu and search functionalities. 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His warm welcome to the United States by Gov. Josh Green (D-HI) and Reps. Ed Case (D-HI) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI) were &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">strongly condemned&#038;rdquo<\/a>; by Beijing. Pelosi, however, was phoned as an &ldquo;old friend&rdquo; to Lai from her 2022 visit to Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>They discussed correcting the double taxation of the Taiwanese as the island does not have formal diplomatic relations with the U.S., meaning there is no tax agreement. According to the U.S. Treasury, the double taxation is <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy2693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">under negotiation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Lai reportedly called several senior politicians, Pelosi was the only one named by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s spokeswoman Karen Kuo. The former speaker of the House welcomed Lai to the U.S. over the phone and congratulated his win in January&rsquo;s election.<\/p>\n<p>Kuo quoted Pelosi saying the consequences of losing Taiwan were&nbsp;unimaginable. Pelosi said she supported Taiwanese representation in international organizations, specifically citing the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The State Department is fresh from authorizing the sale of F-16 fighter components, radars, and other equipment to Taiwan. 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