Taiwan's vice president-elect makes Czech visit after US trip

Reuters - 19/03
Taiwan's vice president-elect and former de facto ambassador to Washington, Hsiao Bi-khim, is on a visit to the Czech Republic following a low-key trip to the United States, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
TAIPEI, March 19 (Reuters) - Taiwan's vice president-elect and former de facto ambassador to Washington, Hsiao Bi-khim, is on a visit to the Czech Republic following a low-key trip to the United States, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Hsiao, who takes office with president-elect Lai Ching-te in May, is detested by China which calls her a "diehard Taiwan independence separatist" and has placed sanctions on her.
China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, a view the government in Taipei strongly rejects.
Taiwan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jeff Liu said Hsiao had been invited to the C...
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