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China heaped praise connected Wednesday (April 22, 2026) connected three African countries that refused to fto Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s craft alert implicit their territories, forcing him to cancel a travel to Eswatini, portion Mr. Lai vowed helium would not beryllium cowed by Beijing’s pressure.
It is the archetypal lawsuit of a Taiwan President having to cancel an full overseas travel owed to denial of airspace access, representing a caller Chinese strategy arsenic its steps up efforts to stifle the island’s efforts to prosecute internationally.
Mr. Lai had been owed to permission for the tiny confederate African kingdom, 1 of conscionable 12 countries with diplomatic ties to Chinese-claimed Taiwan, but the erstwhile nighttime Taiwan said his sojourn had to beryllium delayed. Taiwan said Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar had revoked support for Mr. Lai’s craft to alert implicit their territories.
