Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has visited Taipei for the first time, giving a speech in which he urged the incoming Trump administration to continue supporting Taiwan.
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00:00Former US Vice President Mike Pence voiced his strong support for his country's continued
00:06support for Taiwan at a speech here in Taipei just days before Donald Trump is set to take
00:11office once again.
00:13Pence was nominally here as part of an educational exchange event co-hosted by a university from
00:19his home state of Indiana, but in his speech he focused mostly on describing what he called
00:24the threats posed to the Pacific region by China and reiterating support for Taiwan.
00:52Pence declined to comment on whether or not he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump
00:56about his trip here, but he did say that he supported the US continuing to help Taiwan
01:01with its self-defense and the signing of a US-Taiwan trade deal.
01:05Now Pence is reportedly going to meet with Taiwan President Lai Ching-da later, a meeting
01:10that Beijing is likely to condemn.
01:13Chris Ma and Chris Gorin in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.