Lai yesterday made a two-day stopover in Honolulu on the way to a state visit to three Pacific allies. He is expected to transit through Guam on Wednesday on his return to Taiwan. The seven-day trip to the South Pacific is Lai’s first official overseas visit since assuming office in May.

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