Taiwan President Lai Ching-te cancels Eswatini trip after African nations revoke overflight permits under Chinese pressure

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te cancelled a planned visit to Eswatini after Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar revoked his aircraft's flight permits. Taiwan officials attributed the permit revocations to 'intense pressure' and economic coercion from China, which denied coercion but praised the three nations for upholding the one-China principle. This is the first publicly known instance of a Taiwan leader cancelling a trip due to revoked flight permits.