Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-02
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
President Tsai Ing-wen touched down in Los Angeles on June 30 as a stopover on her way
home, where she spent less than 24 hours and was scheduled to meet and join a dinner banquet attended by Taiwanese American communities and political heavyweights.
Tsai reportedly had a phone conversation with former U.S. President Bill Clinton when she was in Los Angeles. “In the conversation, Bill Clinton congratulated Tsai for winning the presidential election earlier this year, and Tsai extended her best wish to his wife Hillary Clinton, who is now running to win in November’s presidential election,” Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-General Tseng Hou-jen was quoted as saying.
Tsai was first met on the plane by American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Chairman Raymond Burghardt and was then greeted by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairm [FULL STORY]