VIP TREATMENT:When the president visited Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts, she was escorted by police officers and the museum was cleared for three hours
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 09, 2017
By: Staff writer, with CNA
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Saturday arrived in Houston for a brief transit stop on her way to
President Tsai Ing-wen, center, on Saturday leaves the Omni Houston Hotel during a transit in Houston, Texas. Photo: Reuters
Central America, a routine stopover that has been closely watched by Beijing after US president-elect Donald Trump spoke with her by telephone early last month.
Tsai touched down in Houston after setting out from Taiwan earlier in the day on her way to Honduras, the first leg of a nine-day trip. She is also to visit to Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador, in that order.
Tsai was met at the airport by US Representative for Texas Blake Farenthold, American Institute in Taiwan Chairman James Moriarty and Taiwan’s Representative to the US Stanley Kao (高碩泰).
The US Bureau of Diplomatic Security adopted high-level security measures for Tsai’s stopover.
When Tsai visited Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts, traffic controls were imposed, and police officers escorted her, while the museum was cleared for three hours. [FULL STORY]
