HONOLULU (AP) — On a two-day visit to Hawaii, Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te met with the state’s governor and congressional representatives as part of a Pacific island tour that has already triggered criticism from Beijing. On Sunday, China’s Foreign Ministry said it “strongly condemned” U.S. support for Lai’s visit and had lodged a complaint with…
Former media boss and opposition activist Jimmy Lai Chee-ying took to the witness stand for the first time on Wednesday in his high-profile national security trial, admitting he had donated money to local and overseas groups but denying that he used those connections to manipulate foreign policies on Hong Kong and mainland China. Beijing rebuffed…
Amid economic headwinds and rising tension across the Taiwan Strait, President Xi Jinping has used his National Day address to the nation, on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, to reaffirm staunch backing for Hong Kong and Macau. At the same time, he sent his first direct warning to…