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Kristin Huang

Taiwan’s government has denied that the island’s President Tsai Ing-wen will stop over in New York during her trip to Central America next month and try to meet president-elect Donald Trump.
The island’s Foreign Minister David Lee told parliament there were four possible places for Tsai to stop over in the US during her trip, but New York was not one of them, the Central News Agency reported.
A meeting with Trump “can’t possibly happen”, he was quoted as saying.
Taiwanese media had earlier reported that Tsai would stay briefly in Trump’s home city of New York and that she would try to meet members of his transition team.
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The speculation came after Tsai’s controversial telephone call with Trump last Friday, which infuriated Beijing.
China’s foreign ministry said the call breached US adherence to the one China policy. Beijing considers Taiwan a breakaway Chinese province.


Stephen Yates, a transition adviser to Trump and a Taiwan affairs expert, met with Tsai at her home in Taipei on Wednesday, the Central News Agency reported, citing Lo Chih-cheng, a member of the governing Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan’s legislative body.
Yates advised Tsai to meet more everyday members of the community in the US as the presidential election had exposed a huge gap between Washington and the popular will, Lo quoted Yates as saying.
Yates also suggested Taipei should foster grassroots ties with the US as well as high-level government contacts and Tsai agreed, according to Lo.
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“Yates said Trump and his team are friendly towards Taiwan, but whether friendliness can be turned into future polices remain to be seen,” Lo was quoted as saying.
Tsai is preparing to travel to Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador next month.
She will attend Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s inauguration ceremony on January 10 as part of her tour and will return to Taiwan on January 15.


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Taiwan denies reports that Tsai Ing-wen will meet Donald Trump in New York

US president-elect Donald Trump’s phone call with Taiwan’s president last Friday infuriated Beijing. Photo: AP

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