Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te’s upcoming transit stop en route to Paraguay threatens the U.S.-China diplomatic thaw.
Lai’s upcoming transit “ is routine given the distances involved” between Taiwan and Paraguay and will be “unofficial in keeping with our U.S.,” said the official. “We’ve had 10 Vice Presidential transits in the last 20 years — all have occurred without incident,” the official said.
The Biden administration’s problem: Chinese officials have already warned of negative consequences of a possible transit stop by Lai. Any such visit “would further impact China-U.S. relations,” Minister Jing Quan at the Chinese Embassy in Washington told POLITICO last week. Taipei’s confirmation of Lai’s upcoming U.S. transit reaped anger in Beijing. “We firmly oppose any visit by Taiwan separatists to the U.S. in any name or under whatever pretext, and we firmly oppose the U.S.
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