Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-10-05

The Presidential Office has expressed its appreciation to the United States for its support for Taiwan’s democracy. The Presidential Office made the statement Friday following remarks made by US Vice President Mike Pence in Washington a day earlier.

Pence gave a speech on the Trump administration policy towards China at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank. In his speech, Pence said China’s moves to prompt three Latin American countries to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing have threatened the stability across the Taiwan Strait.

Pence also accused China of threatening US companies that “depict Taiwan as a distinct geographic entity.” “Beijing compelled Delta Airlines to publicly apologize for not calling Taiwan a ‘province of China’ on its website,” said Pence.    [FULL  STORY]