Japan Lawmaker Heads to Taiwan After China Protests Congratulatory Message for Tsai
Tsai Ing-wen, center, pauses while speaking during a news conference in Taipei, on Jan. 11.
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The head of the Japan-Taiwan parliamentary friendship association will go to Taipei to congratulate President Tsai Ing-wen on her election victory, weeks ahead of an expected state visit to Japan by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Keiji Furuya’s two-day trip from Thursday comes days after China protested Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi’s official congratulatory message to Tsai. China sees Taiwan as a renegade province.