Ceng Shou Yi/Associated Press Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen aims to consolidate ties with Washington and remaining Central American allies on her first post-pandemic foreign trip.Beijing is seen as unlikely to carry out any outright attacks in the run-up to Taiwan’s January 2024 general election, but continues to apply military and diplomatic pressure, including engineering a break in Taiwan-Honduras relations ahead of Tsai’s visit.Prospects for the right-wing opposition Kuomintang (KMT) to unseat the left-of-center Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) meanwhile may be fading. Save for later Print Download Share LinkedIn Twitter The Issue
