Taipei –
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te departed Saturday on a weeklong tour of the Pacific that features a stopover in Hawaii, a journey plan that has ignited fiery threats from Beijing.
China considers self-governed Taiwan to be a part of its territory and opposes any worldwide recognition of the island and its declare to be a sovereign state.
Lai, on his first journey overseas since taking workplace in Could, will cease over in Hawaii and the U.S. territory of Guam as he visits Taiwan allies Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau.
