Australian legislators set to visit Taiwan

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 04, 2022 12:14 am

SYDNEY: A group of Australian members of parliament (MPs) will leave on Sunday for a five-day visit to Taiwan, a spokesman for one of the politicians said on Saturday, risking China's ire just as Beijing-Canberra relations appeared to be thawing.

The bipartisan trip will be the first such Taiwan visit in more than three years, a period marked by a long disruption to air travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

NIGHT OUT People wearing face masks are seen at the entrance of a night market in Taiwan’s capital Taipei on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. AP PHOTO

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