Around 10 members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) were in Taiwan on Thursday, 3 November, and notably had a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer (Greens/EFA), who co-chairs IPAC, joined his colleagues remotely.
Incidentally, he was awarded the Taiwanese Grand Medal of Diplomacy.
Hailing from eight European countries, the parliamentarians in the delegation visiting Taipei called for more trade with the archipelago of...