Taiwanese Vice President William Lai said Wednesday that U.S.-Taiwan relations are “unprecedentedly good” as he stopped in San Francisco on the final leg of a trip condemned by China.<\/p>\n
Lai told supporters at an event that he wants to make Taiwan into Asia\u2019s Silicon Valley as he touted Taiwan\u2019s role in the global technology supply chain.<\/p>\n
Laura Rosenberger, chair of the American Institute in Taiwan, a U.S. government-run nonprofit that handles unofficial relations, highlighted the Biden administration\u2019s support for boosting Taiwan\u2019s engagement with like-minded allies.<\/p>\n
“Taiwan is a crucial partner in U.S. efforts to maintain global peace and stability, including in the Taiwan Strait,” Rosenberger said.<\/p>\n
Lai\u2019s trip included a stopover in New York on his way to Paraguay before going to San Francisco on his return trip to Taiwan.<\/p>\n
China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, objected to Lai\u2019s U.S. stops, calling him a “troublemaker” and saying China would take “resolute and forceful measures to defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”<\/p>\n
In San Francisco, supporters and protesters gathered outside of Lai\u2019s hotel.<\/p>\n
“I learned from [the] newspaper that some Chinese groups would come to protest, so I and other young Taiwanese come to protect our fellow compatriots,” Cooper Wang, a Taiwanese man working in the United States told VOA.<\/p>\n
Among those protesting Lai\u2019s stopover, a Chinese woman who only gave her last name, Ms. Liu, told VOA: “I come here to convey that Taiwan is part of China. For me, any idea of Taiwan independence is not advisable.”<\/p>\n
VOA Mandarin service reporters Yi-hua Lee, Ning Lu and Mo Yu in San Francisco contributed to this story. Some information for this report came from The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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