Taiwan president defiant as begins Eswatini trip; China calls him a 'rat'

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TAIPEI, May 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan has a right to engage with the world and no ‌country can stop that, President Lai Ching-te told Eswatini's king after he arrived for a surprise trip that Taipei says Beijing tried to stop, as China condemned him as a "rat". China views democratically governed Taiwan as part of its territory with ​no right to state-to-state ties, a position Taiwan's government strongly disputes, and Beijing has ​demanded countries stop any engagements with the island. Last month,