Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te arrived in New York on Saturday for a two-day stay before traveling to Paraguay to attend a presidential inauguration ceremony.The transit by Lai, a leading candidate ahead of next year's presidential election, has angered China, which considers Taiwan as its own and opposes any official contact between other countries and the self-ruled democratic island.China "deplores and strongly condemns" the decision of the United States to arrange his transit, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement.Beijing regards Lai, a member of the ruling Dem…READ FULL ARTICLE
