President Lai Ching-te is setting off on his first overseas trip since taking office in May, visiting several diplomatic allies and making stopovers in the U.S. territories of Hawaii and Guam. TaiwanPlus sent a team with the press corps on Lai's trip, and they sent us this report from Taiwan's biggest international airport.
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00:00We're here at Taiwan's largest international airport, from where Taiwan's President Lai
00:05Jintao will make his first official trip abroad since he took office in May.
00:10His first stop will be Hawaii, and that's billed as a layover, not an official visit,
00:16and the details of what he'll do there have not been released.
00:19China has already cautioned the U.S. is in danger of supporting Taiwan independence by
00:24hosting Lai.
00:26After visiting Hawaii, Lai will visit three of Taiwan's official allies in the Pacific,
00:32the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Palau.
00:35So this is a very sensitive trip, one that has already ruffled China's feathers, but
00:40Lai has said that Taiwan will keep going out in the world, and that this is an important
00:45opportunity to build friendships in the region.
00:48John Su and Rick Lowat in Taoyuan for Taiwan Plus.