Taiwan’s new legislature, possible Trump win cast shadows over U.S.-Taipei ties

1 of 4 | U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher (L), D-Wis., led five bipartisan members of the U.S. House to visit Taiwan's President-elect Lai Ching-te (R) in Taipei, Taiwan, on February 22. Photo courtesy of Taiwan's Office of the President WASHINGTON, March 12 (UPI) — Taiwan’s choice of president in the January elections sent a strong message that the island nation wants to maintain its autonomy from China, but voters also sent an appeasing signal to China by denying the president-elect’s party a majority in the legislature. After Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te’s inauguration in May, he, like U.S. President Joe Biden,…