{"id":132095,"date":"2024-12-01T11:07:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T04:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132095"},"modified":"2024-12-01T11:07:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T04:07:51","slug":"taiwans-president-arrives-in-hawaii-for-a-2-day-stop-in-the-us-as-part-of-south-pacific-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132095","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan&#8217;s president arrives in Hawaii for a 2-day stop in the US as part of South Pacific visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>HONOLULU (AP) \u2014 Taiwan\u2019s president Lai Ching-te arrived Saturday in Hawaii to begin a two-day transit in the U.S. as part of a trip to the South Pacific, his first since assuming office.<\/p>\n<p>The stopover in Hawaii and one planned for the territory of Guam have drawn <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-president-lai-hawaii-guam-c4f9f004912656fe2e7b823cd155eaa3\">fierce criticism from Beijing<\/a><\/span>, which claims Taiwan as its own territory and objects to official exchanges between the self-ruled democracy and the U.S., the island\u2019s biggest backer and military provider.<\/p>\n<p>There were no high-ranking U.S. or Hawaii state officials to greet Lai at the Honolulu hotel where supporters cheered in Mandarin, some waving Taiwanese flags. He visited Hawaii\u2019s leading museum of natural history and Native Hawaiian culture, Bishop Museum. Later, he was expected to attend a banquet with supporters.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-president-lai-chingte-af4ff1f254e11c24f751cea000fb42d9\">Lai<\/a><\/span> is on <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-china-south-pacific-db038ccb84eca586d5d28099d5a27797\">a weeklong trip to visit<\/a><\/span> the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau \u2014 three diplomatic allies of the self-governed island in the Pacific. Though Taiwan retains strong contacts with dozens of other nations, it has only 12 formal diplomatic allies.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Museum CEO Dee Jay Mailer presented Lai with a red lei hulu, or feather garland, made by master featherwork artist Kawika Lum-Nelmida. Lai gave Mailer a headdress, made by Paiwan Indigenous people of Taiwan, and neck and shoulder decorative pieces made by Atayal Indigenous people, also of Taiwan. <\/p>\n<p>Lai\u2019s visit shows that Taiwan and the United States have a very strong relationship, said Arthur Chen, the president of the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of North America. He flew to Hawaii from his home near Dallas to welcome the president to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Chen said he understood the U.S. has its own foreign policy but he said Lai should be treated as a head of state during his stay.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan and the U.S. share common values like a belief in democracy and human rights, Chen said. \u201cSo we should help each other,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Lai didn\u2019t make any public remarks at his initial engagements in Hawaii, but spoke before his departure from Taiwan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to use the values of democracy, peace, and prosperity to continue to expand our cooperation with our allies, to deepen our partnership and let the world see Taiwan not just as a model of democracy, but a vital power in promoting the world\u2019s peace and stability, and prosperous development,\u201d he said at Taoyuan International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether Lai will meet with any members of the incoming U.S. administration during his transit.<\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg in July that <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-taiwan-chips-invasion-china-910e7a94b19248fc75e5d1ab6b0a34d8\">Taiwan should pay for its defense<\/a><\/span>. The island has purchased billions of dollars of defense weaponry from the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Trump evaded answering whether he would defend the island from <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-china-military-exercises-b7ebf10c18a40417b8017510b833224d\">Chinese military action<\/a><\/span>. On Friday, the U.S. State Department said it approved the sale of $385 million in spare parts and equipment for a fleet of F-16s, as well as support for tactical communication system to Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. is obligated to help the island defend itself under the Taiwan Relations Act, it has maintained a position of strategic ambiguity over whether it would ever get involved if Taiwan were to be invaded by China.<\/p>\n<p>A second Trump administration is <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-china-tariffs-taiwan-foreign-policy-7351ce1069654f1c1aefb560b36dcc17\">expected to test U.S.-China relations<\/a><\/span> even more than the Republican\u2019s first term, when the U.S. imposed tariffs on more than $360 billion in Chinese products.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan is one of the main sources of tension in the bilateral relationship.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Sunday it \u201cstrongly condemned\u201d U.S. support for Lai\u2019s visit and had lodged a complaint with the U.S. It also condemned the weapons sale Friday, which it said \u201cseverely violated China\u2019s sovereignty and safety and interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina will closely monitor the situation\u2019s development, and take resolute and forceful measures to safeguard the country\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity,\u201d according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>When former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-taiwan-central-america-tsai-us-ba1757919410805cf97f9a0943a1cecb\">went to the U.S. last year as part of a transit to Latin America<\/a><\/span>, it drew vocal opposition from China. Tsai met with the former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the time. Tsai visited Hawaii in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese military also launched drills around <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/taiwan\">Taiwan<\/a><\/span> last year as a \u201cstern warning\u201d over what it called collusion between \u201cseparatists and foreign forces\u201d days after <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-paraguay-china-william-lai-7b3d148682afde782f5bd9351fa8054d\">Lai, then Taiwan\u2019s vice president, stopped over<\/a><\/span> in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>China also strongly objects to leading American politicians visiting the island as it views any official contact with foreign governments and Taiwan as an infringement on its claims of sovereignty over Taiwan. Washington switched its formal recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Wu reported from Bangkok.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-us-china-lai-ching-te-hawaii-guam-21442df9a4d2f41827764f67d5701e07\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONOLULU (AP) \u2014 Taiwan\u2019s president Lai Ching-te arrived Saturday in Hawaii to begin a two-day transit in the U.S. as part of a trip to the South Pacific, his first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=132095\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}