4 May, 2026 | 5:53 AM
Taiwan’s Lai: No nation can block global engagement
04-05-2026 12:00:00 AM
Taiwan has a right to engage with the world, and no country can stop that, President Lai Ching-te told Eswatini’s king after he arrived for a surprise trip Taipei said Beijing tried to stop, as China condemned him as a ‘rat’. Last month, Taiwan said China had forced three Indian Ocean countries to pull overflight permission for Lai’s aircraft to travel to the small southern African kingdom of Eswatini for the 40th anniversary of King Mswati III’s accession. It is one of only 12 countries with formal ties with Taipei.
