Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te’s stopovers in Hawaii and Guam during his first overseas visit to Taiwan’s Pacific diplomatic allies have signalled a Taiwan-US alliance to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative,

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s brief stop in Hawaii may have appeared understated – no formal US reception, no grand speeches – but its implications extend far beyond floral wreaths and banquets.

While in the U.S. for a transit, Lai plans to visit the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, explore a war memorial and a museum dedicated to Pacific Island history and attend a di

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te arrived Saturday in the United States for the start of a week-long tour in the Pacific that he said would usher in a new era of

Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te arrived Saturday in Hawaii to begin a two-day transit in the US as part of a trip to the South Pacific, his first since assuming office. He was greeted at a Honolulu hotel by cheering supporters who put festive leis around his neck.