{"id":5704,"date":"2025-08-29T19:24:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=5704"},"modified":"2025-09-05T21:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:10:05","slug":"taiwan-has-the-right-to-preserve-self-determination-u-s-senator-wicker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=5704","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan\u00a0has the right to preserve self-determination &#8211; U.S Senator Wicker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Taipei.Taiwan has the right to be free and &#8220;preserve self-determination&#8221;, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Armed Services Committee and one of the strongest advocates for Taiwan in the U.S. Congress, told the island&#8217;s president on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Wicker, a Republican, told Taiwan President Lai Ching-te during a meeting at the presidential office in Taipei that he and his colleague, Senator Deb Fischer, were visiting to get a better understanding of Taiwan&#8217;s needs and concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Beijing is rehearsing for one of its largest-ever military parades, marking 80 years since the end of World War Two following Japan\u2019s surrender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">&#8220;We come here from the United States bringing a message from the Congress of commitment, of long-term friendship and a determination that a free country like Taiwan absolutely has the right to remain free and preserve self-determination,&#8221; Wicker said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Beijing, which regularly denounces any shows of support for Taipei from Washington, repeated its opposition to Wicker&#8217;s trip. China firmly opposes any official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan, the country&#8217;s foreign ministry said. -Reuters\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_250829_190826_218.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taipei.Taiwan has the right to be free and &#8220;preserve self-determination&#8221;, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Armed Services Committee and one of the strongest advocates for Taiwan in the U.S. Congress, told the island&#8217;s president on Friday. Wicker, a Republican, told Taiwan President Lai Ching-te during a meeting at the presidential office in Taipei [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DTB72KWZCRP5JCIXKMFLGAWV3E.avif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5706,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5704\/revisions\/5706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}