Taiwan’s vice president-elect and former de facto ambassador to Washington, Hsiao Bi-khim, is on a visit to the Czech Republic following a low-key trip to the United States, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, triggering anger from China.

Hsiao, who takes office with president-elect Lai Ching-te in May, is detested by China which calls her a “diehard Taiwan independence separatist” and has placed sanctions on her.

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