Taiwan’s vice president plans to visit the US in August, raising concern of potential rebuke from China
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The Biden administration is reportedly downplaying Vice President Lai Ching-te's planned trip to the U.S.
Lai is expected to arrive in Paraguay on Aug. 14, a day before the inauguration, Yui said, according to the Wall Street Journal, without offering more details on the vice president’s planned itinerary in the U.S. Asked about concern over China’s reaction to the trip, Yui said there would be "no justification for any harassment," given it would be the 11th time a Taiwanese vice president has stopped over in the U.S. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
A Biden administration official told the Journal Sunday that Lai would not stop in Washington, D.C., as the United States has agreed not to maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan.