International relationsThe Kuomintang, Taiwan's opposition, returns to a wary Washington
Nationalist party seeks to show it is not accommodating Beijing
Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang is reopening an office in Washington after 13 years with a presence in the U.S. capital. (Source photo by Reuters and Akira Kodaka)
CHRIS HORTON, Contributing writer
December 16, 2021 13:09 JST
TAIPEI -- When Soong Mei-ling, the wife of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, toured the U.S. in 1943 to shore up American wartime support, her address to Congress and other speeches around the country succeeded in raising the profile of China's struggle against Japanese invasion.