In August 2020, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen announced the easing of the restrictions, with the measure taking effect on Jan. 1, 2021.

Craft had been scheduled to begin her three-day trip on Jan. 13 and was to meet the island’s president Tsai Ing-wen.

Then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen at The Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on April 5, 2023.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen presents a medal to Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil at Taiwan’s Presidential Office in Taipei on Sept. 3, 2020.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar (L) looks on as Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (R) speaks during his visit to the Presidential Office in Taipei on Aug. 10, 2020.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen waves as she leaves for the Caribbean from Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan on July 11, 2019 (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP) Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, speaking in New York on Friday, said that

The Chinese regime, which views the self-ruled island as part of its territory, has blocked Taiwan's participation in the body since President Tsai Ing-wen was first elected in 2016.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (center) and assembled naval personnel take part in a ceremony to commission two Perry-class guided missile frigates from the United States into the Taiwan Navy, in the southern port of Kaohsiung on Nov. 8, 2018.

President Tsai Ing-wen encouraged the public to buy Taiwan pineapples in a bid to stand against CCP bullying. Japan joined in, with the Fuji News Network (FNN) running the headline, "Let's Eat Taiwan Pineapples.”

The self-governing island’s President Tsai Ing-wen presided over a ceremony in the southern port city of Kaohsiung, saying submarines were an effective way to deter a foe from surrounding the island by sea.

TAIPEI—Two days of Chinese military aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of the Chinese communist regime, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Sunday

TAIPEI, Taiwan—President Tsai Ing-wen presided over a swear-in ceremony on July 20 for several new Taiwanese officials and diplomats, among them the island’s new de-facto ambassador to the United States.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen attends a campaign ahead of the presidential election in Changhua, Taiwan on Jan. 7, 2020.

TAIPEI—Taiwan will help its hard-hit airline industry access T$50 billion ($1.6 billion) in financing, and does not rule out further economic stimulus to help during the coronavirus outbreak, President Tsai Ing-wen said on March 19.

China has been flying what it calls "island encirclement" drills on and off since 2016, when Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen first took office. Beijing believes Tsai, who won reelection in January, is an independence supporter.

While the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has consistently taken a tough stand against Beijing, her opposition in the Kuomintang (KMT) party attempted to increase engagement with the mainland for years.

TAIPEI—Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on May 27 pledged to draw up a plan to give humanitarian relief to people involved in pro-democracy protests in Taiwan's most concrete intervention since a renewal of unrest in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong.

Its members met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, and other top Taiwanese officials, according to Taiwan’s state-owned Central News Agency (CNA).

Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft applauded Taiwan’s success in containing the spread of the CCP virus, during a videoconference with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen Thursday morning.

Supporters of Taiwan's presidential election candidate, Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen cheer for Tsai's victory in Taipei, Taiwan, on Jan. 11, 2020.

Maloney met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Oct. 7, during which Tsai thanked the U.S. Congress for “always le[ading] the charge in supporting Taiwan” with bills and resolutions, according to an Oct. 7 press release.

President Tsai Ing-wen, meeting with the senators, expressed gratitude to the Biden administration for including Taiwan in the first group to receive vaccines and said the doses will arrive at a critical time for the island.

China cut off all contact with Taiwan’s government in 2016 after President Tsai Ing-wen refused to endorse its claim that the island and mainland together make up a single Chinese nation, with the Communist regime in Beijing being the sole legitimate

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen wrote in a post on Facebook, translated from Chinese: "I believe everyone is as surprised and sad as I am. Taiwan and Japan are both democratic countries with rule of law.

Further deadlock and heightened pressure from China is the likely outcome if Taiwan's independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen wins a second term this weekend, as is widely predicted.

Taiwan opened the door on Aug. 28, when President Tsai Ing-wen announced she would move to lift restrictions on imports of U.S. pork and beef.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and her Democratic Progressive Party are the main targets of the CCP’s internet trolls. Wu Minzhou contributed to this report.  

Before leaving, Vystrcil is scheduled to meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, and take part in a forum hosted by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the de facto U.S. embassy on the island, according to local media.

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However, since 2017, the year after Taiwan elected President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)—which Beijing condemned—Taiwan has been barred by Beijing from taking part in the assembly and its meetings.