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Taiwan president visits Eswatini days after blaming China for cancelled trip

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has arrived in Eswatini, days after his government said a trip had been cancelled due to China pressuring

Taiwan president blames China for forced cancellation of Eswatini trip

China for forced cancellation of Eswatini trip Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, has cancelled his trip to [Eswatini](https://www.theguardian.com/world/eswatini), the democratic island’s only diplomatic ally in Africa, after his government said

Taiwan president cancels trip after African countries close airspace

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has cancelled a presidential trip to the African nation of Eswatini, accusing Beijing of putting pressure on its neighbours to bar his aircraft from flying over their territories. Seychelles, Mauritius

Taiwan leader visits Eswatini despite China’s attempts to block trip

trip a “laughable stunt” and said Lai used a “foreign plane to “smuggle” himself out of the island”, insisting that Taiwan is a part of China. China has spent decades pressuring countries to sever formal

Taiwan's Lai lands in Eswatini in a trip delayed by lack of overflight clearance

Eswatini — Taiwan's only diplomatic ally in Africa — to "affirm our longstanding friendship." He said that Taiwan, a self-ruled democracy that China considers part of its territory, "will never be deterred by external pressures

Taiwan’s president says future will not be decided by ‘external forces’

China, which has staged five rounds of military exercises around Taiwan since his May 2024 inauguration. US President Donald Trump said last week that US arms sales to Taiwan could be used as a “very