US legislator to attend inauguration of Taiwan's Lai

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 08, 2024 12:25 am

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A top United States lawmaker said on Wednesday he would visit Taiwan for the inauguration of leader-elect Lai Ching-te, a year after his last trip to the self-ruled, democratic island angered China.

Rep. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke alongside Taiwan's representative in Washington and legislators from both parties at an event in the US Capitol marking 45 years since a landmark law supporting Taiwan was passed.

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