While en route to diplomatic allies Paraguay and Belize, President Tsai Ing-wen and her delegation made a transit stop in Los Angeles. Their chartered aircraft arrived at noon on August 12 local time (early morning hours of August 13 Taipei time) at Los Angeles International Airport. ROC Representative to the United States Stanley Kao (高碩泰) and American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Chairman James Moriarty boarded the plane to welcome the president, who subsequently proceeded to her hotel where she