Lai Ching-Te: Taiwan President Cancels Trip After African Countries Revoke Flight Permits

China's 'weaponization' of civil airspace to ground Taiwanese president denounced

OTTAWA — Just months after Taiwanese envoys were in Ottawa demanding inclusion in the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), suspected coercion by the Chinese government has prevented Taiwan's President from carrying out a visit to Africa.

Lai Ching-te: Taiwan president cancels trip after African countries revoke flight permits

Taiwan has accused Beijing of putting pressure on African countries to close their airspace to Lai's plane.

Taiwan president postpones Eswatini trip after claims of China pressure

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te has postponed a planned trip to Eswatini after three African countries reportedly withdrew overflight permission, with Taipei accusing China of pressuring them.

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Taiwan blames pressure from China for nixed Africa trip

The Taiwanese government says Beijing used economic coercion to convince three African nations to revoke permission for President Lai Ching-te to traverse their airspace.

Taiwan president cancels trip to Eswatini and accuses China of pressuring African countries

Taiwan’s president has canceled a planned visit to Africa after three countries withdrew permission for his flight over their territories