Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-08-13

President Tsai Ing-wen is in Los Angeles, on a stopover en route to Central

President Tsai Ing-wen shakes hands with some of the hundreds of people gathered in front of the Culture Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. (CNA photo)

America. This is her first trip to the United States since US President Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act into law in March.

The law allows high-level US officials to visit Taiwan and vice versa. That’s a break from previous US policy. In the past, the United States did not allow bilateral visits by Cabinet-level ministers, but it did allow Taiwanese presidents to make transit stops in the US on their way to other countries.

President Tsai Ing-wen shakes hands with some of the hundreds of people gathered in front of the Culture Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. It’s the first open and public visit by a Taiwanese president to a Taiwanese government institution in the United States.    [FULL  STORY]