Since 2016, the Chinese regime has refused to deal with the DPP-led government, branding both President Lai Ching-te and his predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen, as “separatists” for their vocal advocacy of Taiwan’s sovereignty.

Even Trump's prior contact with Taiwan, a December 2016 call with then-President Tsai Ing-wen, came before he took office, as president-elect.

After Tsai Ing-wen became president in 2016, her government formally barred Chinese capital from entering Taiwan’s integrated circuit sector, a policy that remains unchanged today.

The Chinese regime considers the self-governing island its own territory, and labels Lai and his predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen, both DPP members, as “separatists” for their outspoken commitment to the island’s sovereignty.

Then-President-elect Trump held a rare phone call with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen, in December 2016.

In 2019, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen traveled to New York City and held a banquet on July 12. Taiwan’s representatives there invited Cuomo to join the event.

“Unfortunately, your agency’s response failed to adequately address our request or provide a plan of action to officially extend an invitation to President Tsai Ing-wen.

The group included then-Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and they met with then-Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and senior security officials.

Still, in December 2016, Trump, then the president-elect, held a rare phone call with Lai’s predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen. Trump told reporters on May 20 that he would speak to Lai before he made a decision on an arms deal with the nation.

Czech President Petr Pavel, after he was elected in January 2023, accepted a call from then Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, making him the first EU leader to directly speak with a president of Taiwan, and drawing the ire of Beijing.

In April 2023, the convicted Chinese agent also spied on then-President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-Wen, during her visit to Southern California, according to the release.

Solomon cited several other incidents in which Sun allegedly exerted her influence to thwart Taiwan from reaching the governor’s office, including blocking an invitation to Cuomo to join a banquet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in New York City

These videos feature a virtual anchor reading content from the e-book "The Secret History of Tsai Ing-wen," and have been distributed through hundreds of fake accounts on YouTube.

—Former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen praised the strengthening of ties between Taiwan and Canada during her first visit to Toronto since leaving office.

While Cuomo was governor, then-Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen hosted an event at a hotel in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Taiwan’s local representative sent an invitation to Cuomo.

Lai’s victory gave the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) an unprecedented third consecutive term, after eight years with Tsai Ing-wen at the helm.

Both letters, co-signed by 20 other House Republicans, said that excluding Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen from the meeting would send the wrong message to China.

Lai's commitment to aligning Taiwan with democratic nations continues the path set by his predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen. "In a democratic society, the people's interests come first; this is the essence of democracy," Mr.

The CCP calls Lai and his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen “separatists,” as both leaders have been outspoken about safeguarding Taiwan’s sovereignty.

One exception occurred in December 2016 when Trump accepted a call from then-President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen after his first electoral victory.

In 2016, then-Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen had a congratulatory phone call with then-President-elect Trump after his election victory.

A demonstrator holds the flags of Taiwan and the United States in support of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during a stop-over after her visit to Latin America in Burlingame, Calif., on Jan. 14, 2017.

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In April 2023, the convicted Chinese agent also spied on then-President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-Wen, during her visit to Southern California, according to the release.

A delegation of Canadian MPs who travelled to Taiwan met with President Tsai Ing-wen on July 6 and discussed strengthening trade and security partnerships between the two nations. Ms.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in a speech in Taipei on Saturday expressed her condolences to the families of the victims and said she would travel to Pingtung to visit those affected by the disaster, according to Taiwanese news outlet Focus Taiwan.

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Amid Chinese threats, McCarthy met with President Tsai Ing-wen on April 5 at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California.

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He then ran for the Taiwanese presidency in 2020 and lost to rival presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen of the DPP.  After his electoral loss in 2020, Mr.