China’s foreign ministry called Taiwan’s Vice President and presidential candidate William Lai a “troublemaker through and through.”
Lai arrived in New York on Saturday en route to Paraguay where he will attend the inauguration of Paraguayan President Santiago Pena on August 15. Paraguay is Taiwan’s only diplomatic ally in South America.
Ahead of Lai’s arrival, US government officials said they expected his transit to occur “without incident.” Shortly after Lai’s arrival, China’s foreign ministry said it “firmly opposes” any official interaction between the US and Taiwan and any “‘Taiwan independence’ separatists to the US.” “Lai clings stubbornly to the separatist position for ‘Taiwan independence’. He is a troublemaker through and through,” it continued.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
China criticizes visit of 'troublemaker' Taiwan VP to USChina condemned a brief US visit by Taiwan Vice President William Lai, saying he was a separatist and 'troublemaker through and through' and Beijing would take strong steps to protect its sovereignty, drawing a rebuke from Taipei
Read more »
AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai.AP got a rare glimpse of jailed publisher and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai. The media tycoon spends 23 hours a day in solitary confinement in a maximum-security facility and is allowed only 50 minutes to exercise.
Read more »
AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy LaiJimmy Lai, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, spends around 23 hours a day in solitary confinement in a maximum-security facility while he awaits a trial that could send him to prison for life.
Read more »
AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy LaiJimmy Lai, a former newspaper publisher and one of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists, spends around 23 hours a day in solitary confinement in a maximum-security facility while he awaits a trial that could send him to prison for life.
Read more »
China vows 'forceful measures' over Taiwan VP's US visitChina expresses it is 'firmly opposed to any form of official exchanges between the US and Taiwan' as William Lai makes transit stops in the US en route to and from Paraguay.
Read more »
China rebukes ‘separatist’ Taiwan VP for brief US visit: ‘troublemaker’The Chinese Foreign Ministry attacked Taiwan Vice President William Lai as a 'separatist' and a 'troublemaker' for visiting the U.S. on Saturday.
Read more »