{"id":57172,"date":"2026-05-03T01:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T01:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/03\/taiwan-president-defiant-as-begins-eswatini-trip-china-calls-him-a-rat-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T01:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T01:08:00","slug":"taiwan-president-defiant-as-begins-eswatini-trip-china-calls-him-a-rat-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/03\/taiwan-president-defiant-as-begins-eswatini-trip-china-calls-him-a-rat-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan president defiant as begins Eswatini trip; China calls him a &#8216;rat&#8217; &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPSm1yTFdVY3dHd0JuVVBGOHoyUlltMENFblBHQ19uRmN3RFlZSEZDbC1aenBBUE1DQnZ2QW1xT0w1MzV6ajhTSlJyVmJQXzFNclFPdnU0WWpYMmpjMzJsMGVjOWhvNmNkcWdIdVFRRjBkU0l0SzUyRVh5dTRUd0lXSEpESXFYX3NYcGZ4ZWRYZFZ6ak9rdmJPSERtWHZ4dEY1N2pMcGpVWEtjbzJUVTZDYkFNVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan president defiant as begins Eswatini trip; China calls him a &#8216;rat&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE9xWlMwdUpPSjdlQlNwa1htVGxxMUI4aXdFQ0cwQWxyRUdnRWhRUU4tcl84dnFWX1lUandxU2pkMnlfS1djbGEwUUN5eWJ2VEllWThyMWQyX0Uydw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan president visits Eswatini days after blaming China for cancelled trip<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNUHRvZlBNaFFYM1hwTE5DaG1lSWlJSktCc3p4SU8xdXd4TFRqWjMxZXF1RnF5QjI3NTZ3dTZpZVJIb1V2anQtd2x1R1JCcHJNd1BtWWMxdlpBNmhzX0dmZTVzQV9qTVFuSGhhZGZydERNcENXb0J3b2ZBcG1zRE43UVkxRDVKZXZaWElTa3lKMWxndm5KZEhHOF81Yy1YSFBFVzRLYVVlRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan Outfoxes China in Test of Wills Over Tiny African Country<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxPZWQwU3c5TU05WkJwR2NrbV9MYVJlMmI0QnkwYzdoTWh5bjZOd25zVDhkaXFGcDlXeWZfYkpPNEplX2ZQWFFTSk9OVXRsSEMxd20xQk9FZGFSdmlvV3lnVkd5Z1ZtS1AweWpPQzRkNkhOSXpXZ3IzM2FzMnlyRXRJeWdid3F4WjRhSjM1bDFqV2tzUVpfVTl0MG9LeE9mOUMyYnN4TXlKb3ZFcUdFeDVmRHJqUThiOXRnOG9oemQ4UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan&#8217;s Lai lands in Eswatini in a trip delayed by lack of overflight clearance<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxNQ2JfeXFXSW1KSXUtemd2RXRoQUo0ZktTNXJyemw1LXV1R2ZoT1JHREdwZFhvbF8yaHNFMTllNDQ0bWhtalpCelgtZFgtNkxqbHNEMlpOcHFEM0lXbW5Ed0s2d3hwMllRdXZSY0RkUXN0WHFCelJlemk4Wl9WTHFwSzJYWm5seDc5bHRINHF4TlFQaEQwR3NOUWwxMEJBT09aODl6dWxhNHJWTTBFS250WFhEQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan\u2019s Lai Arrives in Eswatini, Defying China-Backed Blockade<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan president defiant as begins Eswatini trip; China calls him a &#8216;rat&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Taiwan president visits Eswatini days after blaming China for cancelled trip&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC Taiwan Outfoxes&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/03\/taiwan-president-defiant-as-begins-eswatini-trip-china-calls-him-a-rat-reuters\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}