Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/01/06
By: Ku Chuan, Ko Lin and Lilian Wu
Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) Both Taiwan and the United States want to avoid trouble during President Tsai Ing-
Former AIT Director William A. Stanton; CNA file photo
wen’s (蔡英文) stopovers in the United States during her trip to Central America, a former director of the American Institute in Taiwan’s Taipei office said Friday.
William A. Stanton, who served as Taipei office director from 2009 to 2012, was responding to a question on whether Tsai might meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s team during her stopover in the United States.
Stanton said he had no insider information, but he believed that both Taiwan and the United States wanted to avoid trouble due to the heavy pressure being put on Taipei by Beijing.
If there were to be any contacts, meetings with friends or staff of the new U.S. administration will be in secret, he said.
“No one wants a bigger problem now,” he said. [FULL STORY]
