Taiwan's Former President, Tsai Ing-wen, will visit the UK on Thursday, her first trip to the country since stepping down from office. Tsai, who left for Europe on Friday, stepped down from office in May 2024.
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00:00Taiwan's former president Tsai Ing-wen will visit the UK later this week, marking her
00:05first trip to the country since leaving office.
00:08Tsai's office said she will visit the UK after trips to Lithuania and Denmark.
00:12While in the UK, Tsai is expected to meet with British political figures, representatives
00:17of academic institutions and Taiwanese people living there.
00:21The visit comes after the British newspaper The Guardian reported last October that the
00:26UK Foreign Office asked Tsai to defer her earlier planned visit over concerns about angering
00:31China.
00:32Tsai, president for two terms, left office in May 2024.