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Taiwan president says Latam trip, with US transit, put island on global stage

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NewsHubTAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Sunday her trip to Central American allies and transit stops in the United States had elevated the island’s international profile, as China hit back at U. S. President-elect Donald Trump for his remarks on the “one China” policy.
Beijing was also upset that Tsai was allowed to stop over in the United States on the arrival and departure legs of her trip to Central America the past two weekends, which it saw as a potential breach of the “one China” policy.
Under the nearly four-decade old policy, the United States has acknowledged China’s position that there is only one China and Taiwan is part of China. It has formal ties with China rather than the island of Taiwan, which China sees as a breakaway province to be reunified with the mainland one day.
“Our first objective (of this trip), was to consolidate our state friendships and allow Taiwan to walk on the international stage,” Tsai said at Taiwan’s international airport upon arrival on Sunday night.
She said she had bilateral talks with four heads of state in Central America.

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