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Taiwan presidential contender William Lai hopes to show he is no troublemaker in low-key US visits

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Taiwanese Vice President William Lai at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront hotel in Burlingame, California, on Aug 16.

Taiwanese Vice President William Lai at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront hotel in Burlingame, California, on Aug 16.

PHOTO: REUTERS

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There were no provocative statements. No high-profile meetings with members of Congress. No flashy photo calls.

Instead, Taiwanese Vice-President William Lai’s visits to the United States over the past week were kept deliberately restrained to demonstrate that he is anything but

the “troublemaker” which Beijing has accused him of being.

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