
Former President Tsai Ing-wen embarked on her first visit to the United States after leaving office. When she landed in San Francisco, she was warmly welcomed by a large number of Taiwanese overseas. She humorously said, "I'll show you the flammable things in the United States," which aroused enthusiastic responses from netizens.
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Former President Tsai Ing-wen embarks on her first visit to the United States since leaving office and is expected to deliver a public speech at Stanford University.
Former President Tsai Ing-wen's popularity remains high, and she always attracts large crowds of fans when she attends events. She can't help but joke that everyone is like "flammable", easily ignited with enthusiasm and excitement, and "flammable" has become a new nickname for British fans and a hot Internet meme. Xiaoying, who showed up at the inauguration meeting of Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang's campaign headquarters just the day before, started her visit to the United States without stopping. As soon as she landed, she was warmly welcomed by Taiwanese overseas Chinese in the United States. Xiaoying also shared on the social media and jokingly said, "I will show you the flammable materials in the United States," which made netizens laugh.
Tsai Ing-wen flew to San Francisco on China Airlines last night (5th) for her first visit to the United States after leaving office. It is reported that during this trip, Xiaoying was invited by the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University in the United States, and is expected to deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of the Stanford DEFCON "2026 Technology and National Security Conference" on the 7th. In addition, the Hoover Institution of Stanford University also invited Xiaoying to give a speech on the 8th with the theme of democracy, resilience and global security. Also participating in the event was former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Around noon today, Xiaoying posted a message on Threads to report that she was safe, revealing that she had arrived in California. "You promised me to be on the plane, sleep well, and eat well; when I told you, I did. In the next few days, I will work hard to communicate with more friends and let more people know about Taiwan." Taiwan, support Taiwan, and help Taiwan make friends." In addition, Xiaoying also shared the "riot" scene of being surrounded by a large number of Taiwanese immigrants in the United States as soon as she landed, enthusiastically waving support flags and clapped hands with Xiaoying. Xiaoying couldn't help but laugh and said: "I will show you the flammable things in the United States."
The photo immediately attracted tens of thousands of likes, "No way! They are as cute as Taiwan's flammables", "Is flammable the official name?", "Our ignition point is relatively low. Really, if you don't believe it, just smile", "Fflammables are equally flammable regardless of national boundaries", "It seems that flammables in the United States are as crazy as those in Taiwan "Crazy", "I hope the flammable people in the United States can go back to Taiwan to vote!", "I was lucky enough to hold President Xiaoying's warm hand today, and then I turned into a flammable object and screamed all the way home", "I am the flammable object who came to greet Xiaoying today!", "President Xiaoying, I am an explosive, I will explode with excitement when I see you."
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Tsai Ing-wen will deliver a speech at the opening ceremony of the DEFCON conference in Stanford on the 7th
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Tsai Ing-wen will participate in an event on democratic resilience at the Hoover Institution on the 8th
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