Taiwan Vice President Lai to transit U.S. during Paraguay trip

Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te is expected to transit through New York and San Francisco later this month en route to and from Paraguay, where he will attend a presidential inauguration ceremony, a senior foreign affairs official of the island said Wednesday.Lai is expected to make stopovers in New York from Aug. 12 to 13 and San Francisco from Aug. 16 to 17 when he visits Taiwan's last ally in South America for the Aug. 15 ceremony for Paraguay's President-elect Santiago Pena, Vice Foreign Minister Alexander Tah-ray Yui said at the island's presidential office.The vice president's plan…READ FULL ARTICLE