News Snapshot:
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen is heading to the United States. Tsai, who left Taiwan on Wednesday afternoon, is scheduled to stop over in New York before visiting Guatemala and Belize – among just the 13 countries that recognise Taipei. Tsai will then head to Los Angeles on 5 April where she is scheduled to meet House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The trip comes just days after Honduras, a former ally of Taipei, officially opened diplomatic relations with Beijing and amid heightened friction between Beijing and Washington over US support for Taiwan and trade and human rights issues. Beijing claims self-governing Taiwan...