James Soong was spotted shaking hands with Donald Trump, and with Vladimir Putin
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/11/11
By: Teng Pei-ju, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
President Donald Trump and James Soong (By Central News Agency)
Economic Leader’s Meeting was held on Saturday in Da Nang, Vietnam, with Taiwan’s envoy James Soong (宋楚瑜) spotted shaking hands with the U.S. President Donald Trump and the Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The Central News Agency reported that President of Vietnam Trần Đại Quang welcomed each leader and representative of the APEC economies at the entrance of today’s meeting hall, and later walked into the hall with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Putin.
Soong showed up later in a dark suit with a purple necktie. Once he entered the hall, he greeted and shook hands with Putin and then Trump.
Soong was seated in between Prime Minister of Thailand Prayuth Chan-ocha and the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong, report said. [FULL STORY]