HONOLULU • Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen landed in Honolulu last Saturday en route to the island’s diplomatic allies among Pacific nations and set off for a visit to the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbour, despite strong objections to the visit from China..
HONOLULU • Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen landed in Honolulu last Saturday en route to the island’s diplomatic allies among Pacific nations and set off for a visit to the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbour, despite strong objections to the visit from China.
China regards self-ruled Taiwan as sovereign territory and regularly calls it the most sensitive and important issue between it and the United States, complaining to Washington about transit stops by Taiwanese presidents. China has not renounced the possible use of force to bring the island under its control.
Ms Tsai, who China believes is seeking formal independence for Taiwan, left last Saturday on a week-long trip to three Pacific island allies – Tuvalu, the Solomon Islands and the Marshall Islands – via Honolulu and the US territory of Guam.
