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Tsai wants to strengthen the alliance with the US

President Tsai departing for America at Taoyuan Airport.
With trips to America and China, Taiwan’s incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen and former President Ma Ying-jeou are sounding out their parties’ foreign policy positions ahead of the presidential elections in January 2024. Above all, Tsai’s trip to America holds much more explosive power due to a possible meeting with Kevin McCarthy, the new speaker of the US House of Representatives.
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Fabian Peltsch
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With her trip to North America, Taiwan’s President Tasi Ing-wen sends a clear message: Taiwan will not bow to pressure from China. She also wants to secure further security guarantees for the island’s freedom. Speaking in Taipei shortly before her departure for America, Tsai said she did not want to provoke anyone with her trip, but neither did she want to give in to anyone. “The trip is to show our determination to deepen exchanges and cooperation with diplomatic allies,” Tsai told a press conference in the waiting area of Taoyuan Airport.

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