Lai Ching -T’s visit to Latin America: Typhoon Danas or Chinese intervention – Why did the President of Taiwan cancel the tour?

Taiwan President Lai Ching-Tee allegedly postponed a planned visit to Latin America, making a debate behind the delay. The Guardian reported that LAI was estimated to visit the region next month as part of an attempt to strengthen the relationship with some of the remaining diplomatic colleagues of Taiwan, especially many countries have recently changed loyalty for China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory.However, the Taiwan government said that the President did not have any foreign travel plan due to domestic concerns, including recent natural disasters and ongoing tariff dialogue with the United States. The country is still running again with typhoon danas, which slammed the densely populated waslands of the island earlier this month, causing widespread damage to record winds and homes and power infrastructure. Embassy officials in Guatemala cited “typhoon, which caused many natural disasters” was the reason for the postponement of the journey. A source told Reuters that Lai needs to focus on organizing its administration’s response for the extreme weather at home. Meanwhile, conflicting reports have been revealed around a possible stopover in New York which was originally part of the LAI’s journey program. AP quoted a source familiar with the discussions, who said that the US “asked Taipei to re -organize the transit, not through New York.” According to the Financial Times, China denied the permission for stopover after China raised objections with Washington. The United States has historically allowed such transit by high-level Taiwan authorities, but the proposed Stop was expected to provoke Beijing at a time when President Donald Trump is demanding a trade deal with China. The Chinese government regularly opposes any signal of Taiwan’s support by Washington. Commenting on the issue, US State Department spokesman Tami Bruce said during a regular briefing that no official plan was confirmed, making the issue “fictional”. “At this point, there is no plan to travel to the President. There, as a result, nothing has been canceled,” he said. Bruce reiterated that American transit practices for Taiwan leaders are “fully consistent with our long policy and practice.” Jason Hasu, a senior partner of the Hudson Institute and a former MLA at Taiwan, said that Taipei regularly coordinated such transit with Washington and called it “unusual”, which is not for the US for not approving the stopover, especially such travels are covered under the Taiwan Relations Act. “If the US had stopped LAI’s stopover, he said,” the Trump administration would appear to adjust the red lines of China. “ Democrats in the US were in a hurry to criticize the Trump administration. Raja Krishnamurthy, the top Democrat Raja Krishnamurthy of the House’s China Committee, called the move “another example of the Trump administration, taking China to China in the hope of reaching a business deal.” He said in a statement, “The presidents of the two sides have allowed Taiwan officials to transit through the US in the past, and no longer should be separated.”