Taiwan vice president secretly visits Italy to avoid China interference

Taiwan vice president secretly visits Italy to avoid China interference

Taiwan Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim said Monday that details of her recent trip to Italy were not made public before her departure to minimize unnecessary interference from China, amid heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait, according to the island’s Presidential Office. The trip was kept secret to ensure her safe arrival, Hsiao said in a statement upon her return to Taiwan on Monday. She said the journey to the Italian island of Ventotene for an international conference on freedom and dem